The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Patrick Farenga is a leading and unique authority on homeschooling, bringing more than 30 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife homeschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways. In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

Thursday, April 30th at 3pm Library 2.015 Spring Summit - The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning , The technology landscape changes rapidly, and these changes have economic, social, and ethical significance for individuals, organizations, and the entire world. Register for free at [link].

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Education Libraries Game-Based Learning Conference 28

The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 12, 2014

ISTE NETS & the Common Core I recently ended that four year elected term on the ISTE Board of Directors and as I reflect upon my service, participation, and accomplishments balanced with Glenda''s comment, I can say that if that was the sole standard of success - I failed! You know what would really help sell the NETS to admins?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. That’s where technology comes in.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

An assessment should not be the first time students use a piece of technology. The key is to not rely just on technology; a balanced approach that includes paper and pencil assessments can provide more insights into a child’s progress. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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Online Assessments Assessment Student Data Privacy BYOD 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2016

Related: “It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky. Related: More people with autism are getting training for technology jobs. Related: Technology offers special help in special ed. The system works hard to limit their dreams —which is a message they hear loud and clear.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn. Sunday, March 2nd at 1pm CoSN - Wisconsin CTO Clinic , Join the Wisconsin Educational Technology Leaders (WETL) and CoSN for their first Annual CTO Clinic! Mark Twain Welcome to the Learning Revolution. Labs and its partners. Register here.

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Libraries Google Common Core Conference 51

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Indeed, despite the buzz around personalized learning, there’s no simple recipe for success, and the common ingredients — such as adaptive-learning technology and student control over learning — can backfire if poorly implemented. Related: A private school with more than $100 million will share its technology with three other schools.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Many schools embrace technology in the classroom as a route to these students’ hearts. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. And Summit tries not to be too demanding.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

School Psychology Doctoral Candidate and Intern, CEO STEMx: Stemulating Teaching with Emerging Technology Methodologies - Simulation vs. Virtual Learning Environments - Dr. Nicole Simon, Assistant Professor Engineering/Physics/Technology Dept.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Norris, Technical Services Librarian New literacies, new learning, new question marks - Tibor Koltay, Professor The DIY Digital Exhibition Experience at Tarrant County College - Ayyoub Ajmi - Library Technology Manager There''s an App for That! so many ways to combine options and confuse researchers. Yildiz, Faculty Come take a tour!

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 70

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. Ryan Hess , Senior Librarian for Information Technology at the City of Palo Alto Library , "Make your Library a Privacy and Security Resource."

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is no exception.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” ’” “She didn’t say anything positive about technology, dammit.”

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” ” From the press release : “ Learning Machine and MIT Media Lab Release Blockchain Technology for Educational Credentials.” Remember Richard McKenzie? ” Kudos. million total.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” Via GeekWire : “ Amazon Education GM leaves; company says it ‘remains committed’ to K–12 technology.” Robots hate the Common Core.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Here’s where she stands on a few key issues: DeVos doesn’t support Common Core : “Many of you are asking about Common Core. She says technology has a role in the classroom : “I think digital learning is in its infancy relative to the influence that it can and will have,” she told Philanthropy Roundtable in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2016

Almost no speaker, including Clinton, addressed such contentious issues as charter schools, excessive testing, the achievement gap, the technology-access gap, Common Core standards and the current racial segregation in so many of the nation’s schools. Absent were specific policy proposals about the K-12 education system.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. ” “ Education Technology Under Trump : A Syllabus.” is disappointed in Common Core. Trump” by Roger Schank.

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