Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

In fact, it’s transformed 21st-century education, offering a normative tool for adapting to varied student needs, a scalable approach to differentiating for student learning styles, and a collaborative must-have with its vast offering of virtual meeting and storage options. Digital books are aligned with state standards and Common Core.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Education Politics. The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. The changes are due to the replacement of one education acronym (NCLB) with another ( ESSA ). population.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “A Little-Noticed Target in the House Health Bill : Special Education.” For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” Immigration and Education. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

NovoEd co-founder Amin Saberi was replaced by Ed Miller, a former Blackboard exec. In fairness, startups weren’t the only education companies experiencing this sort of upheaval this year: Amplify, News Corps’ education division, continued to sell off various parts of its failed business. Blackboard replaced its CEO.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2013

From the publisher: "In this lively, research-based book, award-winning educator Larry Ferlazzo tackles everyday classroom challenges with creative instructional techniques to help middle- and high-school teachers develop self-motivated and high-achieving students. Log in at [link].

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Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As White Supremacists Wreak Havoc, a University Becomes a Crisis Center.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As UVa ’s Leaders Equivocate, Professors Shine an Ethical Light.” Other National) Education Politics. ” asks Education Week.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

education secretary.” Via Education Week : “Weighing the Odds: Eva Moskowitz or Michelle Rhee as Trump Ed. ” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. Education , of course.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2012

Join me Thursday, May 3rd, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Buffy Hamilton and Kristin Fontichiaro, editors of School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come. 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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

The conference is held in the online platform Blackboard Collaborate, and instructions for joining any sessions and to find the schedule in your own time zone are at [link]. And special thanks to Blackboard Collaborate for the terrific conference platform. Yildiz, Teacher Educator 2:00pm Edmodo – An Asynchronous Métier - Ms.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Education Politics. “ New Education Law: Bipartisan No More.” ” Republicans are made because the Department of Education issued guidelines about how ESSA should be implemented. Via The Atlantic : “Why the Education Department’s New Equity Rule Might Not Be So Equal.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Using Fuel Education ’s self-paced online curriculum, students quickly move through material they have mastered and spend more time on areas in which they are struggling.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The 7th Annual Global Education Conference (GEC) Starts Sunday! The Global Education Conference Network's seventh annual global collaboration "extravaganza" will take place around the clock starting this Sunday, November 13, and continuing through Wednesday, November 16. Important Updates Below. Become a Partner Organization!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

Based on my experience in the enterprise software world and now in education technology, I’d like to offer some of my thoughts on how to go about doing this. If you’ve built an instructional technology product, does it solve an entire curriculum need in a school or district, or is it a supplemental educational resource?

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Education Politics. The Education and Justice Departments have notified every public school district in the country with a “Dear Colleague” letter that discrimination against transgender students , particularly over which bathroom they can use, violates federal civil rights law. Will the legislation do more harm than good?”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

These events bring together educators, learners, leaders, and others to rethink and reinvent education. OZeLive, the Australian time-zone friendly education conference, is now accepting presentation proposals. Virtual Fieldtrips for Social Studies and History Educators. Labs and its partners. See details here.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2013

See the conference schedule in your own time zone, and click directly into the Blackboard Collaborate virtual sessions rooms, from the schedule page. Aravinda Home Education in England and Wales / Leslie Safran Barson Using Online Resources to Teach Math vs. Training Kids in Math / John Bovey What is Your Creation/Consumption Quotient?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2013

To Attend : The Summit is held online using Blackboard Collaborate and open to anyone to attend. During the conference each session will also have a specific link to the Blackboard Collaborate room for the session, as well as instructions for using Collaborate (which works on all major computer platforms). Please join us!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Always eager to associate itself with the latest tech craze, education technology embraced Pokémon Go with great gusto: “ Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification.” ” “ The Educational Potential of Pokémon Go.” ” “ Why Pokémon Go marks a new step forward in education.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

and the Discovery Educator Network. All sessions will be publicly available to attend through the online Blackboard Collaborate platform, and every session will be recorded and made available immediately following the conference. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update March 18th All of life is a constant education. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Register here. But what about content?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Description: Join a seasoned educator and an eBook professional as they share strategies for using eBooks to help struggling readers succeed and gain new enjoyment from reading. To help struggling readers progress and succeed, educators must rely on a variety of tools beyond the printed page. Sign up HERE.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update February 25th Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. These events bring together educators, learners, leaders, and others to rethink and reinvent education. These events bring together educators, learners, leaders, and others to rethink and reinvent education.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Learning management systems originally got their start in higher education, serving as central hub for college students to drop in assignments, check grades, and contact their professors. Beatriz Arnillas, director-IT, education technology at the district. Needless to say it caught on with universities—and eventually school districts.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 19, 2013

You don''t have to have had previous experience with Blackboard Collaborate (the conference platform), but you will have to watch or attend the one-hour training (see below). Short Term Online Language Review Courses - Edwige Simon, Educational Technology Specialist 8:00pm Closing Keynote - Peter Gray' - Mariaemma Willis, M.S.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. See you online!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Never used Blackboard Collaborate before? Global Education Conference Call For Proposals Opens May 1st! No problem!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. What does the type of education we receive say about the world it prepares us to enter?

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