Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That raises the question: is the move to digital homework systems creating a new kind of digital divide at colleges? Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

D-ID – Digital people text to video Prof Jim – AI text to video to add to lessons Speaker Bios as Submitted Dan Fitzpatrick Dan Fitzpatrick is the author of The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I wish to share with you this article I wrote for PBLWorks (BIE/BUCK Institute) of which I am part of the National Faculty. I hope pou find this first article helpful and that you return for continued postings in this series. Read the article or watch the webinar. Read the article or watch the webinar (future).

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Whether it’s used for homework-assignment web searches, streamed video tutorials, educational apps or collaborative multimedia projects, fast internet at home is rapidly turning into a necessity for America’s students. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Due to CEN’s services, schools have been able to host eSports events, offer distance learning, run Hour of Code events for the school and community, produce internet radio and video conferences, and many other activities that rely on stable internet access. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. About the Presenters.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Despite the lack of dedicated tech tools for ELLs, some teachers have taken to repurposing various apps and other digital resources in creative and useful ways that help their students acquire the language. Also, within the ed-tech industry, a few emerging companies are starting to develop some promising and exciting new innovations.

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Industry Tools Digital Divide Resources 28

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

While it may seem quaint or old fashioned to some (when accessing WiFi and on-demand videos seem de rigueur), it has been part of my travel routine for too many years to casually cast it aside. It revolves around a Montessori-like curriculum and bills itself as a hybrid tech company and education startup. This is ALSO true for edtech.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

While it may seem quaint or old fashioned to some (when accessing WiFi and on-demand videos seem de rigueur), it has been part of my travel routine for too many years to casually cast it aside. It revolves around a Montessori-like curriculum and bills itself as a hybrid tech company and education startup. This is ALSO true for edtech.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Nor is he the only one on a digital crusade.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Rather Harvard has outsourced instruction to the for-profit company Trilogy Education. “ YouTube deletes cheating videos after BBC investigation,” the BBC boasts. Short-term-jobs-for-students company Student Pop has raised $3.4

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Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Here’s a trend to watch in 2017 : companies and organizations who “help” schools buy ed-tech : The Hechinger Report looks at a couple of these , LEAP Innovations and LearnLaunch.

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Take, for example, ProPublica ’s article on Donald Trump’s son-in-law and “consigliere”: “ The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard.”). As I wrote in my article on “ the ‘new’ economy ,” automation, so we’re told, is poised to reshape “work.”

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Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via NPR : “ Texas High Schools To Require Police Interaction Education Video.” Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. National) Education Politics. They Kept Children in Them Anyway.”

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60