eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Anastasia Betts, VP of Curriculum Planning & Design, Age of Learning. education system.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Perhaps the most concerning survey result is that more than half of teachers (57 percent) say they do not feel prepared to facilitate remote and online learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2020

Lunch was lengthened so students could eat with siblings, parents or guardians—or online with classmates for elementary students, which proved extremely popular. But we also made sure we took a research-informed approach to project-based learning. So we made classes start on the hour, with the same basic routine each day.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

While the Wild West era of edtech may be over, there’s still some mystery over how schools decide what digital materials to buy. The participants: Large district: Dr. Daryl Diamond, Director of Innovative Learning, Broward County Public Schools, FL. Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 24, 2023

ESSER, which stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief , was first established as part of the CARES Act, where additional funds were added to ESSER II and III. What is ESSER? It served as emergency relief funding to assist public schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

It sounds like a drastic measure: moving every school to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. By far, the biggest question Boyle’s teachers have had is about assessments. She’s also leaned heavily on edtech companies who are making their paid products available to schools in Asia free of charge.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

This 3-part blog series , featuring guest authors from The Learning Accelerator and MA DESE OET , highlights the importance of centering equity in edtech selection. In this third post, the author describes lessons learned while leading a cohort of diverse schools and districts through a process of strengthening their edtech systems.

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Online education is everywhere. Especially after the COVID19, it has become the new normal in education, and institutions like colleges and schools are more reliant on online learning than ever. We have to ensure quality in teaching-learning, assessments, and the overall education experience.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2020

While this past month was the ‘minimum viable product’ implementation of remote learning /teaching, schools will be expected to have a far more sophisticated approach the next time around. Online learning must ultimately minimize loss of teaching and learning efficiency and effectiveness. Things to think about.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

geg-ohio and runs the award-winning blog www.ControlAltAchieve.com where all of his Google Apps and edtech resources can be found. Eric is an authorized Google Education Trainer and a Google Certified Innovator and provides Google Apps training to schools, organizations, and conferences throughout Ohio and across the country.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The district also holds several events inviting staff to learn about technology tools and strategies for the classroom. Arlington Independent School District is an edtech integration leader both districtwide and in the classroom, and other districts can look to AISD for inspiration.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Partnership offers automated assessment of students’ oral reading fluency — for testing at school or at home . Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, announced it is partnering with Analytic Measures Inc.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The footage acquired was edited into a series videos demonstrating the power and benefits of HMH’s digital-first, connected solutions in a hybrid learning environment. Epic Charter Schools offers online learning to more than 30,000 students in the state of Oklahoma.

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Evelyn Learning

MAY 14, 2023

If we look back at past years, we find that there were fewer opportunities for people to learn something new. Now, thanks to edtech, we can learn an endless number of things with just a click. In our industry discussion webinar , we had the opportunity to talk to the edtech specialist at PowerSchool, Jessica Aurilio.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

After a phishing attack in 2019, the Atlanta Public Schools district hired a private firm to conduct security assessments of its networks to find blind spots and weaknesses, according to Olufemi “Femi” Aina, the district’s executive director of information technology.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 15, 2021

billion has been added to the ESSER fund for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, with new spending requirements for districts and schools with high percentages of students living in poverty. What about Funds for Governors, GEER?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Docente infantil y primaria Stories from the Earth: teaching about changing landscapes using 28 years of satellite observations - Peder Nelson, MS Creating equitable STEM learning opportunities for K-12 girls - Brenda Britsch, Co-Principal Investigator Maps, Math, and Media: Innovative Transdisciplinary Projects in Teacher Education - Melda N.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

So today I think there’s a kind of healthy and vibrant ecosystem for let’s call it EdTech as a general category. I really think there are two big parts when we think about the training program, and this is certainly an oversimplification, but you have the kind of classroom style learning, a methods course.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

So today I think there’s a kind of healthy and vibrant ecosystem for let’s call it EdTech as a general category. I really think there are two big parts when we think about the training program, and this is certainly an oversimplification, but you have the kind of classroom style learning, a methods course.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

And now, we head into our third year of learning during a global pandemic. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2022. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

And now, we head into our third year of learning during a global pandemic. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2022. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Ever wonder how stories covered by popular edtech outlets – such as edSurge, eSchoolNews, Tech & Learning, and THE Journal – get selected? A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition). This is how folks are defining innovative edtech use in teacher's colleges.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Via Edsurge : “The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments.”

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