eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology. For the assessment mavens at Educational Testing Service ( ETS ), these evolving capabilities present both a challenge and an opportunity, says the organization’s Markku “Mark” Häkkinen. How do you present science, technology, engineering, and math content?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. “My

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

That was the confounding question assistive technology specialist Neal McKenzie faced a year and a half ago from one of the 100-plus visually impaired students he helps in the classrooms of Northern California’s Sonoma County. “What’s an ox?” But the boy had never touched an ox or even a cow and had no reference for the animal.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

About 14 percent of all public school students receive special education services, and for many of them the switch to remote learning has been difficult on families and the schools that teach them every day. To that last question, Sean Arnold, a STEM coach and special educator for the New York City Department of Education, has a suggestion.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

It’s even more baffling when you acknowledge that throughout history, renowned philosophers and educators—including Plato , Comenius , Locke , Rousseau, Froebel , Piaget, and Papert —have lauded the power of play in teaching, especially for young learners. With this same intention, I introduced Minecraft into my classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In August 2020, she signed up for a new program designed to provide people working in school settings the chance to turn their job into an undergraduate degree in education, at a low cost. We are pulling people literally off the streets to fill spots in a classroom,” she said. She takes her online classes at night or on weekends.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? When they talk to schools, their focus is on the classroom teachers and getting them to understand the value. Noakes: Likewise, she always encourages educators to ask: How might tech support educators’ ability to differentiate learning in the classroom?

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The program includes in-classroom professional development sessions. Furthermore, ABCMouse will be offered at no cost to teachers for use in their classrooms, allowing them to take full advantage of many of these offerings. Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ The program runs from May 2018-June 2019.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 8, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. link] INTERVIEW WITH IRA DAVID SOCOL (FUTURE OF EDUCATION) Tue 11 Jan 06:00PM New York / Tue 11 Jan 11:00PM GMT / Wed 12 Jan 10:00AM Sydney Steve Hargadon.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Individual students, entire classrooms, schools and other organizations serving children between the ages of 5-21 (in grades K-12) are encouraged to participate. The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center believes that everyone is inventive—particularly kids,” said Tricia Edwards, Head of Education at the Lemelson Center.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2017

For instance, educating professors on the need to make materials accessible and dealing with materials from a range of textbook publishers, who aren’t under the same legal obligations around accessibility. But some STEM textbooks are produced by smaller and more niche publishers who may not have the same awareness of the issue, she adds.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Over the past decade, Making has transformed education with its emphasis on innovation, collaboration, and hands-on problem solving. EdSurge has shared these educators' stories—as well as those of students who tinker and take risks, build confidence and develop resilience. Fusion 360 —free CAD software for students and educators.

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