The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Some use online programs or software to give students access to content at their individual level , allowing them to move through lessons at their own pace. Others have combined grade levels to best meet the needs of students. Most schools nationwide say they’ve implemented personalized learning, to some degree.

Personalized Learning 107

Personalized Learning Strategy Education Learning 107

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2019

His “quiet and relentless advocacy brought hundreds of African Americans into space industry jobs in the Deep South, helping to shift perceptions of black people in ways both subtle and profound,” wrote Michael Fletcher in the story. HBCUs are well situated to meet the demands of a STEM economy.

STEM 104

STEM Industry Data Survey 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It That effort began by having Vancouver’s librarians get trained in new software purchased by the district, so that they could train their school colleagues in turn. Teacher-librarians such as Chun have since expanded that tech-integration role. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

Future Ready 111

Future Ready Libraries Software Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. We’ve conflated employability with university degrees.

Company 145

Company Assessment Report Gamification 145

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This should become an ongoing process in which administrators continue to meet with and hear from the people doing the work so there is continuous improvement and everyone understands the difference it is making for the students. As Dr. Simpson put it, “Teachers need to believe it’s best for children, and if they do, it’s going to work.”.

Learning 92

Learning Training Advocacy Strategy 92

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Both the wider internet and the narrower education space are filled with companies and organizations that provide value-added services around openly licensed software and content. Some of the value-added services offered in conjunction with open source software or OER add very little – if any – value.

OER 60

OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

At each meeting reiterate the school’s commitment to digital safety, provide tips and insights into the technology used at the school, offer resources parents can refer to at home, and let them ask their questions about kids and media. Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists.

Symantec 46

Symantec Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media 46

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

Report 96

Report Company Study Advocacy 96

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

Thirty-five states require that instructors meet the same requirements as faculty at the partner college, nine that they have a master’s degree or higher, and six that they’ve taken graduate courses in the subject they’re teaching, according to the Education Commission of the States and Midwestern Higher Education Compact.

Course 89

Course Policies Report Study 89

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. We’re just trying to make ends meet with what we’ve got.”. “We should be spending more than any other state because we have more poverty — significantly more poverty.”. We’re in … survival mode,” he said.

Elementary 64

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 64

MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

Company 31

Company Report Study Advocacy 31

edWeb.net

MARCH 21, 2022

Due to pandemic-driven increases in school districts’ purchases of devices and software, there’s now a need to develop cohesive systems in which data can be transferred and analyzed quickly and easily in order to improve student outcomes and district operations. Blog post by Robert Low based on this edWebinar.

Technology 75

Technology Analysis Software BYOD 75

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

We know that in parallel contexts, like open source software or Wikipedia, long-term sustainability can be possible with only a tiny fraction of all the beneficiaries of the open work contributing directly. In a more nuanced version, they don’t believe companies should be able to benefit from OER without giving something back.

OER 60

OER Company Pearson Resources 60

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Students work with hardware like microboards and single-board computers, as well as software, learning coding languages like Java, Python, HTML and CSS, and C++. Dominguez said the experiences he had as a Code Next student are the reason he wants to be a software developer.

Industry 146

Industry STEM Education Survey 146

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

When suddenly propelled into distance learning last spring, educators rose to the challenge to meet the needs of students and families. podcasts, videos, newsletters, infographics, narrated slides, tutorials, one-pagers), offering flexible meeting times, and leveraging various asynchronous communication methods.

Technology 300

Technology LMS Professional Learning Advocacy 300

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2022

Teachers can no longer download any app they want and use it the same day—every piece of instructional technology must be vetted for how it relates to educational goals and checked against software the school already has. Then, have the instructional tech team research whether any tech already purchased by the school meets that goal.

Student Data Privacy 90

Student Data Privacy Guidelines Data Handbook 90

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Districts have spent thousands of dollars on consultants and software upgrades, and the racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps that the law was supposed to help eliminate remain largely unchanged. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

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. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. K-12 market.

Tools 58

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 58

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Apps and software are a boon for special needs students, but teachers shouldn’t download whatever they feel like.

Accessibility 56

Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 56

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. Common Sense meets with its 200 district partners every month and hears that many of them are using the evaluations in their procurement processes.

Tools 134

Tools Policies Data Android 134

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

To offset all this double counting, there is the separate issue of the many “whole course” OER that OTL refuses to index because they don’t meet the OTL’s definition of “textbook.” The Linux operating system is one of the most incredible success stories of the open source software movement. Let’s keep chasing this. Second point.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Wilson County Schools hosted the Digital Consortium Summer Meeting (AASA) in July, highlighting many of the programs that have brought state and national recognition to the district in support of teaching and learning. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations.

Learning 83

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 83

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Former teacher Emily McMahan Teachers Are Not OK For months, advocacy groups, including the National Education Association, the country’s largest union, have been driving home the point that teachers are not OK. There were meetings almost every day, not about students’ mental or physical well-being, but about their test scores.

Survey 211

Survey Company Exercises Data 211

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 53

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 53

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, develop security benchmarks, and don’t use any program that doesn’t meet them. Study best practices.

EdTech 40

EdTech PowerMyLearning Software BYOD 40

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

Tools 71

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

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. It was designed to meet the needs of larger classrooms while still remaining compact and lightweight. Illuminate 10.0

Epson 51

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

If students didn’t meet the college’s admissions requirements, company representatives gave them the chance to explain away any bad grades, the suit alleged. GMU is one of a number of schools across the country that have faced challenges from faculty advocacy groups over these partnerships.

Company 67

Company Education Industry Course 67

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. Today, she is based in Los Angeles, California working as a public speaker, writer, and independent education consultant focused on supporting leadership, visioning and planning to meet the needs of today’s students.

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. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations. About the Presenters.

BYOD 43

BYOD Data Software Training 43

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency. Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Via The New York Times : “Moving to Make Amends, Georgetown President Meets With Descendant of Slaves.” .” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said. Every child deserves a library. Let’s make it happen. How do you modernize a school library?

Libraries 91

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 91

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. ” This provision makes disability advocates nervous.

PresenceLearning 62

PresenceLearning Advocacy Video Software 62

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

She uses a software program popular among architects and designers. The students learn how to use industry-approved software programs and are often granted paid internships at local design firms and research labs, and Greeley’s planning and development departments. They also take field trips to area manufacturing firms. Greeley, Colo.,

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. ” We can see in Reagan’s pledge the roots of ongoing efforts to defund public education, something that enabled for-profit schools to step in to meet the demand for college. A belief in technological utopia.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145