Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 160

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s a transformation that’s been largely driven by the unprecedented pace of technological advancement. Technological Integration The 21st-century classroom is unimaginable without the integration of technology, and soon AI (artificial intelligence). The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly.

Classroom 120

Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

Even amid the proliferation of mobile technology in K–12 schools through BYOD programs and one-to-one computing, desktop computers remain a popular choice. For now, about 48 percen t of the teachers and students who responded to a 2018 report about classroom technology from Cambridge International reported using a desktop computer in schools.

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Chromebook Microsoft Adobe BYOD 243

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

For BASIS Curriculum Schools , the answer is next-generation technology, including analytics that inform not only curriculum planning, but also hiring, test creation and student performance. We’re using technology like a startup might,” says BASIS Educational Ventures CIO Matthew New. “We News & World Report ? CEO Peter Bezanson.

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Outcomes Data Blackboard Moodle 268

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. Open-ed people, personalized-learning people, and the learning-analytics people, they don’t talk to each other that much.”

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Technology Education Pearson Blackboard 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Google Forms integrates well with Google Apps for Education, Google Classroom and many LMSs such as Blackboard. Create personalized learning activities. For more ways to use Google Forms in your classroom, check out this Google Doc , these options from Alice Keeler , and this from EdTech Magazine. How to use it.

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Google How To Classroom Survey 150

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Gone are the days when a blackboard/whiteboard and textbooks were the only student resources available to learners. engage students actively in the learning process.

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Software eBook How To Classroom 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With all the changes and challenges over the last year, one takeaway I keep reflecting on is how essential education technology has become to learning—and how quickly this transition occurred. I have long believed that edtech has the power to open up opportunities for students and change how educators teach.

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EdTech Khan Academy Adobe Blackboard 203

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Khan Academy provides personalized learning for students at their pace and is an excellent flipped classroom tool for teachers to identify their students’ strengths and needs. TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) covers any topic in short but powerful talks lasting 18 minutes or less in more than 110 languages.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

When we support parents’ learning, they create a culture of learning at home.” Edtech programs that mirror video games were also brought in, building student confidence as learners won badges and advanced through the levels of the adaptive programs. Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ?

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 109

eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

It supports active learning, student flexibility, and various teaching and learning methods. While schools have worked to embrace technology for decades, innovation has been slow and fragmented, and most new technologies have been designed to solve a singular problem.

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Sony Blended Learning Pearson Learning 107

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Strong opinions may be weakly held. If not, why not?

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

. - Mark Nichols, Digital Promise Fellow Engaging K-12 Students in Meaningful Global Discussions with WorldVuze - Julia Coburn, Executive Director and Co-Founder of WorldVuz Global Learning: Exploring the World After School - Mary Grenz Jalloh, Director Students Investigate Culture Through Ethnography and Mobile Devices - Harry G Tuttle, Ed.

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Conference Education Digital Badges Gamification 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

. - Mark Nichols, Digital Promise Fellow Engaging K-12 Students in Meaningful Global Discussions with WorldVuze - Julia Coburn, Executive Director and Co-Founder of WorldVuz Global Learning: Exploring the World After School - Mary Grenz Jalloh, Director Students Investigate Culture Through Ethnography and Mobile Devices - Harry G Tuttle, Ed.

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Conference Education Digital Badges Gamification 28

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Strong opinions may be weakly held. If not, why not?

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

If you don’t “get” why technology is important, or know people who don’t, take a listen to understand and learn about transformative practices that work in education. I wanted to talk today about why I think Teachers Using Technology are Super Heroes. Idea #1: Use Formative Data to Improve Learning.

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Social Media Blended Learning Data Blackboard 236

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. ” More handwringing about distracted students and technology in the classroom in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Priorities.

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Stackable Credentials May Not Boost Earnings,” says Campus Technology. ” From the press release : “ Blackboard Announces Organizational Changes to Better Serve Clients Worldwide.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. It would be great to see education technology organizations also turn away this money, knowing that – if nothing else – children and families are harmed by anti-immigration policies and practices. “ Is Blackboard dying?

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Southern New Hampshire U Issues Blockchain Credentials to College for America Grads.” Edsurge on replacing the Horizon Report : “Group Looks for New Ways to Peer Over the Edtech Horizon.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” Try learning styles, maybe. “ What We Learned From Talking with 100 MOOC Students ” by Justin Reich (and George Veletsianos and Laura Pasquini). .”

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned. Perhaps this will help the Grovo fellows: “Tips for Landing an Edtech Gig – From the EdSurge Jobs Team.” Inside Higher Ed examines the challenges facing LMS provider Blackboard. MarcoPolo Learning has raised $8.5

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

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. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” From GeekWire : “For investors, the future of education technology is now the workplace.” ” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” Then they went too far.”

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Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. In addition to the anti-First Amendment supporter Thiel, Jackson also name-dropped her connections to David Horowitz , a long-time advocate for silencing left-learning professors on campus, in order to get her job. National) Education Politics.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Minecraft Party to Raise Money for Technology in Philly Schools.” ” Campus Technology rewrites the press release that Examity will be used for identify verification and proctoring in edX classes. “ Credly Receives Open Badges Certification ,” Campus Technology reports.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40