techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. The application is free to download from the App Store or Google Play.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 58

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

Content is infrastructure, and working to increase the adoption of OER is like working to build an interstate highway system. Rather, people get excited about all the places they can go and all the things they can do once the highway system is in place. The core of the Linux operating system is the Linux kernel.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. In the case of ClassDojo, a relatively harmless example, data goes back to the company and to Google Crashlytics.

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Tools Policies Data Android 130

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Apps and software are a boon for special needs students, but teachers shouldn’t download whatever they feel like. All software—and hardware—should be vetted by a team of faculty and IT staff. Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students.

Accessibility 56

Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 56

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. ASSIST has expanded the system with content for every grade level, K-12 through Higher Education. Illuminate 10.0

Epson 51

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about which lens her district was looking through for the upcoming school year, Dr. Kelley reflected that tech enablers and system thinking would drive the following year. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations.

Learning 81

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 81

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc. In addition, students don’t need specific devices or operating systems to use the digital resources.

EdTech 40

EdTech PowerMyLearning Software BYOD 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Total cost of ownership: First, administrators need to look at the expenses from a systemic view. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems? ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

EdTech 52

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 52

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

He is a former teacher but spent 20 years away from the classroom working as a technology attorney and software executive. EPISD was also selected as one of eight Texas districts to join TEA’s System of Great Schools. Cabrera was named Superintendent at El Paso Independent School District in Texas in 2013.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

edWeb.net

JULY 31, 2019

Software and services hosted in the cloud: First and foremost, by using cloud-based programs, schools don’t need to worry about having the staff and skills to maintain the programs. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations. About the Presenters.

BYOD 42

BYOD Data Software Training 42

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

But Large Language Models (LLMs), and particularly the recent demo of ChatGPT, seem to have put the fear of God into everyone from middle school English teachers to the CEO of Google. And improvements will absolutely need to be made. Did I Mention this Content Infrastructure Will Be Open?

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OER LMS Resources Course 192

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life? We use Google all the time.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 98

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. A Wi-Fi system. VR headsets (well, it’s really just a mask that holds your Google phone up to your face). Google has also rebranded Google Apps for Education as G Suite for Education.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How : Google Slides, PPT, Buncee , Thinglink , Genially , Canva School librarians can create choice boards aligned with different ability levels, and students can choose according to how they feel comfortable. Handbooks can summarize library services, events calendars, and important updates. Holzweiss asked. As the U.S.

Libraries 95

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 95

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Isn’t Liberia outsourcing its education system to a Gates and Zuckerberg-backed startup , Bridge International Academies ? Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” ” (Hmm.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” That’s the Families for Excellent Schools , whose CEO was fired last week amid sexual harassment allegations.

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. Via Google’s press release : “ Google and Bertelsmann launch mobile digital skills initiatives with Udacity – 10,000 Android scholarships available for EU developers.”

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “An Education Department plan to begin cutting large debt collection firms out of the student loan system is on hold after Congress warned against move.” Via Wired : “How Silicon Valley Fuels an Informal Caste System.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Unwilling to replace him and unable to find skilled workers in the United States to staff his 40-person company, the Dallas-based custom software maker 7T, Khandavalli opened a satellite office for the manager, outside Mumbai, and now employs about 15 other workers there. I can’t drive, I can’t rent a place. What am I doing here?”.

Education 129

Education Industry Software Company 129

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. To become a platform is to be “the next Facebook” or “the next Google” (and as such, to be a windfall for investors).

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

It’s building this little web that turns the user into a mostly passive consumer of mostly western corporate content,” says Ellery Biddle, Global Voices’ advocacy director. ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. Schools, for their part, also continued this year to experience difficulties with the move to computer-based testing, some having to revert to paper-and-pen assessments when online systems went down.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Faces Internal Backlash Over Handling of Sexual Harassment.” " [link] — Kaitlin Mulhere (@KMulhere) October 30, 2018.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

. “Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes -- think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. Google has acquired Quiklabs , a tech training company. Racist and anti-Semitic harassment continues on school campuses.

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Historically black universities have been dropped from a controversial North Carolina bill slashing tuition at certain institutions to $500, but worries about the legislation’s effects remain high at two universities still facing tuition cuts – and across the state system.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Demanding that schools teach “the right skills” is also one of many examples of an ongoing “innovation” fixation , of how industry is pressing the education system to bend to its needs. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education Announces Requirements for New Federal Loan Servicing System.” ” Via the Education Law Center : “Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school graduation regulations recently adopted by the State Board of Education.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40