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. EDTHENA ( www.edthena.com ) Edthena has developed a one-click video recording and uploading solution for Google Chrome.

Epson 51

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

EdTech 51

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 51

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

So for us, in terms of whether it’s changing the passwords or doing more training. What we do for training is we’re involving our HR…the cyber training has to become a part of the core work of the district…that it elevates the level of importance because we centralize it and don’t make it just an IT issue.”.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 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. We can do a lot of training, but if you forget to train that one person, that’s the way in for something to happen.”. About the Presenters.

BYOD 42

BYOD Data Software Training 42

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

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. And the schools may then adopt and fast-track those programs without giving proper thought to what personalized learning entails or how to train their teachers to do this work.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

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. And the schools may then adopt and fast-track those programs without giving proper thought to what personalized learning entails or how to train their teachers to do this work.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

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?

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 98

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

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. 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. A Wi-Fi system. The results are concerning.”

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.

Libraries 98

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Inside Higher Ed has a story on Amazon ’s employee training program, once again using the phrase “open source” even though this has nothing to do with open source.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

MindShift

MARCH 28, 2020

Some districts have plowed ahead with holding one-on-one lessons over software like Zoom and virtual meetings to discuss the individualized education plans — known as IEPs — that are required for students in special education. An estimated 14% of public school students receive special education services in the U.S.

PresenceLearning 62

PresenceLearning Advocacy Video Software 62

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” Via The New York Times : “ School Shooting Simulation Trains Teachers for the Worst.”

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. ’” More on how Trumpism is affecting schools in the campus and research sections below. ” Coding bootcamp Revature is partnering with University of South Florida to offer an online tech training program.

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

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

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. In India, Meadem joined a tech economy that has been growing.

Education 129

Education Industry Software Company 129

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

So this, from the American Enterprise Institute , is completely unsurprising: “School-choice advocate Steve Jobs in 1995: ‘The unions are the worst thing that ever happened to education’ ” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Education Week : “ Google Launches $50 Million Effort on the Future of Work.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

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

JUNE 10, 2016

Now the group will be called Career Education Colleges and Universities , to reflect its focus on career training.” Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has joined the Board of Directors of the skills training company Pluralsight. (He’s Another for-profit chain on the brink? ” Go team. From the HR Department.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

.” “The right skills,” of course, are the skills that employers expect potential employees to possess, largely eschewing training themselves and instead offloading the risk and responsibility of training onto individuals. “More Americans just need the right training.”

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

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. There are plans for a training college to teach cybersecurity skills to 16–19 year olds at the Buckinghamshire site.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via Education Week : “The Ohio education department could seek repayment of more than $80 million from nine full-time online schools , based on audits of software-login records that led state officials to determine the schools had overstated their student enrollment.” ” The Business of Job Training.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

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. Texas and Fisher v.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40