Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. The biggest decliners over the past six months have been: 2U (NASDAQ: TWOU) is down about 60.7

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Ascend Math

JUNE 1, 2017

“Write the following on the blackboard 100 times: Schools don’t want technology. Bottom Line: It’s not about having technology. It’s about delivering the right instruction to the right student at the right time! Schools want curriculum. Schools don’t want technology. Schools want curriculum. Read more.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

To help you figure that out in the alphabetical listing below you can: Visit the site Check out the accessibility guidance Watch a video clip from each platform as they share information about what they provided in a showcase to New York City school webmasters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2019

What I like best about online classes is that they are personalized learning that differentiates for varied student needs, learning styles, and communication methods. Online classes include fewer distractions, no worries about what to wear, and there are no cliques. More about online classes: Certificate/College Credit Classes.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Khan Academy videos feature teachers describing their lessons in drawings on virtual blackboards, helping students and visual learning centers bring home maximum results. Khan Academy is another highly popular learning app that features video tutorials to drive home classroom studies.

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ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

I’ve never been a fan of Blackboard, the monolithic learning management system that’s the standard at so many schools. Recently, however, my attitude changed (slightly) when a colleague introduced me to BB Grader, a free iPad app for Blackboard designed to make the grading process in Blackboard mobile-friendly.

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Neo LMS

JULY 13, 2021

Education used to be associated with classrooms and chairs, desks, and blackboards. It’s about each student as an individual with specific needs, but also as part of a community of learners where they feel accepted. Final thoughts. Education is more than the sum of concepts and notions learners retain.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2020

Though I’m not happy about the reason, I’m thrilled at the interest in online classes. An Open Letter to Teachers About Online Classes. Blackboard. CourseSites –like Blackboard, but free for some set-up. Be positive, upbeat about these changes. 7 Ways to Keep Teaching. Date: March 17th, 2020. Google Hangouts –max.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Chasen is a familiar figure in edtech: he co-founded Blackboard, one of the largest providers of learning management systems to colleges and schools, and served as its CEO for years. I didn't have to worry about the audio video transcribing or anything like that.” I could never even build that,” he said. “I

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Digital Promise

JULY 15, 2021

We all learn about each other’s programs, teaching situations, and hardware/software in use. To learn more about professional development offerings, check out OTAN’s annual technology conference that offers dynamic presentations and hands-on skill development for technology integration in the adult education classroom.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The report, Empowering and Engaging Student Voice to Create Equity in Education , comes from Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit supporting the implementation of research-based learning experiences, and Blackboard Inc., a global edtech software and solutions company. Evans, chief researcher and CEO of Project Tomorrow.

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Neo LMS

MAY 7, 2019

If at first classroom technology consisted of pens and paper and the blackboard, the most recent ed-tech now includes interactive whiteboards, classroom projectors, laptops or tablets and even VR headsets. Educators today can’t really complain about not having enough options in terms of classroom technologies.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Just in the past few months, a law student sued an automated proctoring company , students have complained about their use in student newspaper editorials and professors have compared them to Big Brother. We’re publishing a series about how pandemic-era practices are continuing to shape higher education.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

However, virtualization and cloud solutions offer potential cost savings and instructional flexibility that should have school leaders thinking more about whether traditional labs should stay or go. MORE FROM ED TECH: Read about how K–12 IT leaders made the case for investing in network upgrades. at 75 percent.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Josh Coates, for example, served as Instructure CEO for about eight years and is its current executive chairman. After ANGEL was acquired by Instructure rival Blackboard, Henderson served as president of learning platforms for Blackboard until 2013. Thoma Bravo is unlikely to break Instructure down and sell its remains.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 31, 2016

Kids today learn about this myth and know better than the most civilized people in the ancient world. Schools bear the same weight on their shoulders, because kids must always know more about our world. My first school years meant a lot of white chalk on a really black blackboard. Display technologies. Document cameras.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Learning management systems (LMS) like Blackboard or Moodle can benefit teachers, students, and parents in numerous ways. These online tools provide a central location for all parties to meet, learn, and communicate. . Here’s a look at a few of the ways that LMS resources can benefit parents, students, and teachers alike.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Redefining effective learning: now that schools were forced to start offering online options, educators and students understand more about learning preferences, how to engage students, and what methods actually contribute to student success. About the Presenters. Christina Fleming is the Chief Marketing Officer at Blackboard.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

I could talk about both of these for hours, and I want to leave plenty of time after I rant at you for a bit for us to maybe tackle some of these issues. It’s worth noting that these were things I talked about before the pandemic — behaviorism, surveillance, and trauma — but many folks seem a lot more amenable to hear me now.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 31, 2016

Kids today learn about this myth and know better than the most civilized people in the ancient world. Schools bear the same weight on their shoulders, because kids must always know more about our world. My first school years meant a lot of white chalk on a really black blackboard. Display technologies. Document cameras.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This week on the podcast we’re talking about cybersecurity at schools—and how secure, or in some cases how vulnerable, the tech systems in school systems are these days. We’re focusing on a pretty unusual story about Bill Demirkapi, who had a pretty odd hobby while he was in high school in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

These behaviors were, once again, part of the hearings and debates about a Supreme Court Justice nominee – a sickening deja vu not only for those of us that remember Anita Hill ’s testimony decades ago but for those of us who have experienced something similar at the hands of powerful people. And on and on and on.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 24, 2019

Dusty blackboards, smudged overhead projectors, and over saturated photocopies - Surely this sounds like many people’s education experience. It isn’t all about fun and games, however, as there are proven benefits surrounding the initiation of games following the introduction or review of lessons. Learning & Development.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Working as an entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist and investor over the past few decades, at some of the very organizations Watters bemoans, I’ve had a unique vantage point for observing numerous successes, failures and—most importantly—long-term trends that make me optimistic about the next wave of education innovation.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

They know that if they have an idea, and they know how to properly communicate it, that good things can happen,” said Prewitt, when talking about the lessons the students learned from the project. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Blackboard. About the Presenters. We are called to facilitate that in our students.”.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In “ Text, Twitter, Email, Call—What Do Parents Say About School Communications? ” Regarding how that information is obtained, about 1/3 of parents say word of mouth is the primary way they get information about their child’s school, which may not be the most effective way to ensure accurate information in conveyed.

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edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

When Project Tomorrow surveyed students in 2015 about what they envision schools will look like in 2020, one student described school as being the place where there would be more educational videos, online class discussions, online games, and texting between teachers and students. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Some of those big names include Google Classroom in K-12, Blackboard and Canvas learning management systems in higher ed, and across education the once-obscure video software named Zoom became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, many edtech companies have engineers who don’t have teaching experience or knowledge about pedagogy.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 9, 2020

Keep in mind the importance of what good learning is all about. I sat at my desk and pondered the reality of a new year wondering about the new faces I would greet. As he motioned for me to look at the archaic blackboard behind the new, still packaged, and not yet plugged in interactive whiteboard I couldn’t help but smile.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In a recent edWeb edLeader Panel sponsored by Project Tomorrow , Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Christina Fleming, Vice President of Blackboard K12, presented the Speak Up 2019-2020 National Findings titled Digital Learning During the Pandemic: Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation. About the Presenters.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

During Instructure’s latest quarterly earnings call, CEO Dan Goldsmith told investors “nothing is off the table” in response to a question about a sale or spinoff of its corporate LMS product Bridge, whose customers have taken longer than expected to roll out the product companywide.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

speculated wildly about what hybrid Zoom learning might look like 10 years from now, given the warp speed advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning expected. Barzso also said that he’s been doing a lot of thinking about how to humanize the platform, and recreate or approximate in-person interactions as much as possible. “I

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2013

Date : Tuesday, August 20th, 2013 Time : 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

An influential investor advisory firm has recommended that Instructure shareholders vote against a proposal to take the publicly-traded learning management system provider private for about $2 billion, according to an article from Reuters. Blackboard has consistently lost market share to Instructure.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2019

This latest protest follows similar public opposition to Instructure’s sale from Rivulet Capital , which owns about 5 percent of the company’s shares, and Praesidium Investment Management Co., which owns about 7.5 Davidson estimated that Oberndorf owns about 6 percent of shares. percent of shares.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

On a call with investors in October 2019, former CEO Dan Goldsmith expressed disappointment with the growth of the business, and said “ nothing is off the table ” in response to speculation about a possible sale of Bridge. These purchases include Open LMS, a Moodle LMS service provider formerly owned by Blackboard.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities. But what about in a remote or hybrid environment? BookWidgets offers content creation and tools for evaluation.

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