Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments. [W]hen

UDL 166

UDL EdTech Student Engagement Advocacy 166

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Among the signatories were large companies that included Athletes Unlimited, Care.com, Patagonia and Synchrony. That has led the company to expand its child care benefits. Business leader associations and advocacy groups are also pushing for child care solutions. At Synchrony, 60 percent of our workforce are women.

Policies 186

Policies Company Survey Industry 186

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Through a multi-year partnership with Discovery Education, over 7,000 students in Camden, NJ, received access to high-quality digital content, and teachers were given the professional development tools to implement new digital resources into their lesson plans. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Industry 101

Industry Education Trends Advocacy 101

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Like tens of thousands of other schools, Berkeley Unified School District in Northern California picked Zoom as its video-conferencing tool to support its remote instruction plan. There is a wide range of expertise among teachers when it comes to understanding all the different tools available to them.”

Report 167

Report Video Schoology Microsoft 167

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Presence is expanding the tools available to clinicians in schools, agencies, and independent practices. The technology company has developed a robust, clinician-designed online therapy platform for their own network of teletherapy providers, and made a version of it available to schools during the pandemic. Empowering Clinicians.

Advocacy 80

Advocacy Assessment Company Accessibility 80

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Consider that: School districts are – or should be – in the driver’s seat with respect to which online services, tools, and applications are used and under what conditions with their students in school. Instead, advocates have focused almost exclusively on the practices of companies serving education. and compliance.

Internet Safety 295

Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

He recalls finding (and paying a considerable amount for) an outside company that could convert his transcripts into something more comparable to the U.S. It’s not a recruiting tool. When he tried to enroll, he found that colleges had no idea how to handle his international transcripts and credentials. education system.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Groups Report Data 111

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

To offer a breadth of free, value-added digital resources, job skills and job experiences, ASA is partnering with innovative, mission-aligned nonprofits and companies to provide career-focused tasks featured within the platform.

Mobility 117

Mobility Advocacy Smartphone Accessibility 117

eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2022

Today’s students have a tremendous future ahead of them, one where technology is not only a tool but an inspiration,” said Megan Myungwon Lee, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation of North America. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

Panasonic 98

Panasonic STEM Technology Advocacy 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

As a district, understand what your success criteria is before engaging with edtech companies. Choose a company whose experience meets your needs The edtech market is complex, which can make potential choices seem overwhelming. Don’t be distracted by features when deciding between various providers.

EdTech 151

EdTech Resources Advocacy Data 151

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Representing leading publishers and assessment service providers in the testing industry, the ATP promotes high-quality programs among members—as well as among the entire assessment community—through highly regarded global events, advocacy work, best practices guidance documents, and networking opportunities. About Curriculum Associates.

Kaplan 98

Kaplan Industry Assessment Advocacy 98

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

As such, we have to establish standards that differentiate strong and weak pedagogy in edtech tools and help us decipher between real innovation and snake oil. Real change can come from our unanimous stance against ineffective edtech, including predatory companies who make baseless claims in order to sell their products.

EdTech 308

EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 308

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

It is why Camelback has invested in companies like Tiny Docs (media to advance health and wellness for families), Raheem (tech to create a world without police violence), MadeBOS (tech to create career pathing for retail workers) and Liberate (meditation app for people of color).

Advocacy 167

Advocacy Company Policies System 167

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. This in turn helped the Chilean edtech ecosystem by helping edtech companies scale and subsequently invest in smaller markets. “In

Technology 149

Technology EdTech Education Mobility 149

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. The company has also enlisted artificial intelligence to track hate speech on the platform. I was never alone.”

Digital Citizenship 143

Digital Citizenship Facebook Social Media Edmodo 143

eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

He was also closely involved in STEM-related product launches and liaising with industry advocacy groups. Before BrainPOP, Glovin held a number of business development roles for educational technology companies. In his early career, he held marketing roles with a number of media and publishing companies. Glovin has a B.A.

EdTech 56

EdTech Advocacy Education Company 56

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides educators an enhanced learning platform that facilitates engaging, daily instruction. 

Industry 81

Industry Advocacy Education EdTech 81

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In April 2018, privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint stating that YouTube had been illegally collecting personal data about minors who use its service without their parents’ consent, and used that information for advertising purposes. But is it really all that much? That was a $5.7

Google 78

Google Company Advocacy Data 78

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Aperture Education , a Riverside Insights company and the leading provider of social-emotional skills assessment and intervention solutions, and Committee for Children , the leading provider of social-emotional curriculum programs in the U.S., Charlotte N.C.

Assessment 56

Assessment Outcomes Education Advocacy 56

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Even in places like Seattle where the economy is booming and private companies have partnered with institutions to create their own job pipelines , students are still struggling with these issues. Some kids come to school to eat,” Goldrick-Rab said. “So So what’s the policy solution? Expand the school lunch program to community colleges.”

Strategy 112

Strategy Policies Advocacy Conference 112

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. And yes, you’ll hear birds chirping, but that is ok! Students just turn in work.

How To 236

How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 236

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Accessibility Strategy 41

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The report released by GoGuardian , an education technology company supporting thousands of K-12 schools and over eight million students through powerful tools and research, captures field research from the GoGuardian Research and Insights team, with insights from more than 450 students, teachers, administrators and policy leaders across the U.S.

Student Engagement 72

Student Engagement Advocacy Outcomes Report 72

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Newer teachers and digitally savvy teachers are ready to teach with digital tools. We spend rediculously large sums of money to the same companies every few years for repackaged content. also need to get telecommunications companies to run fiber to rural areas which they are reluctant to do because it is not profitable for them.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Mobility Assessment Social Media 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It is also immensely helpful to have tools and strategies to build good working relationships with people we see every day, sometimes even for longer periods than family. In her job, she helps libraries, companies and organizations strategize programs, services and strategies in areas related to these topics and many others.

Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Outcomes Accessibility 41

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Self Advocacy and Resources for Students. Other resources that can be helpful to students with dyslexia are speech-to-print tools for writing compositions and smart pens for note taking. at Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. cause-and-effect, problem/ solution structure, etc.), About the Author.

Advocacy 130

Advocacy STEM Resources System 130

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe. SXSW EDU Launch Competition Judge Tony will try his best Judy Judy impersonation, as he joins Bridge Burns (University Innovation Alliance), Vince Chan (Creta Ventures) and Jonathan Rochelle (Google) to dispense advice and feedback for eight companies pitching their wares.

Social Media 103

Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 103

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Learn more at coolcatteacher.com/guide.

Elementary 188

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Mental Health and Wellness Series OVERVIEW : Learning how to say no is an underappreciated tool to equip ourselves with winning strategies for a successful career and life. In her job, she helps libraries, companies and organizations strategize programs, services and strategies in areas related to these topics and many others.

Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Strategy Accessibility 41

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. I use this tool when students are making Scratch video games for them to record their games and explain their scripts.

Chromebook 190

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 9, 2023

Although the situation sounds dreadful, there are tools we can use to support ourselves, our colleagues, and staff members. She brings a customizable suite of tools to equip library workers to help them manage their own personal situations. Librarians are reporting that they are stressed out, fatigued, burned out, and exhausted.

Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Accessibility Groups 41

techlearning

AUGUST 29, 2018

Finalists were selected by a panel of educators and K-12 parents who reviewed the submissions that were entered and judged the products and services based on the extent to which they are transforming education through the development or advocacy of edtech.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy EdTech Industry Company 40

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Lexia Core5 Reading was named the winner in the category for Best Literacy App or Tool. Lexia PowerUp Literacy was recognized as a finalist in the category of Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool. Core5 provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized learning paths in six areas of reading.

Differentiated Instruction 42

Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning Advocacy Learning 42

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others.

Education 109

Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 109

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

And as it turns out, getting students to understand those terms, and how they differ from loans and other financing tools, is a common hurdle. This is a new financial tool for students, and students have mixed perceptions and don’t understand it well,” says Jason Taylor. The company says it has since updated the information.)

Comparison 212

Comparison Study Data Advocacy 212

techlearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The company partners with schools to provide online monitoring software that can alert instructors or administrators if it detects students typing or searching for certain keywords related to sexting, cyberbullying, radicalization, self-harm and more. and Australia.

Software 40

Software Digital Citizenship Handbook Advocacy 40