The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie: My fifth one would definitely be LearnZillion. I did learn quite a bit from Jaime Donally , from AR/VR in EDU , and then all my PLNs that I connect with on Twitter have taught me so much. The best learning that I’ve had thus far was definitely at ISTE 17. OK, what else? Leslie: It’s amazing. Idea #5: LearnZillion.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen. Planning Blended Learning for another year.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). billion in venture funding.) Candee concurred.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. The strategies will not only help you be more engaged, present, and fulfilled as a teacher, but you’ll also apply your learning to your classroom and your students. Learn More.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 1, 2022

We can’t talk about equal opportunities and equal outcomes for students if we don’t begin with literacy,” said Pulver definitively. An adaptive, blended-learning environment makes instruction more equitable through personalization—and helps educators ensure that all their students have an equal shot at getting to the top.

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edWeb.net

MAY 6, 2022

Peng used the term “emergent bilinguals” to describe these students, who she defined as “developing skills in a native, heritage, or home language while learning a new language.” Lexia® Learning, a Cambium® company, is one of the most impactful and highly respected reading-technology companies in the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2023

A searchable Financial terms glossary that has definitions that help build financial understanding. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Teachers can order free classroom sets!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

You’d definitely want to check the transcript and show notes for all of these ideas. You’ll definitely want to go to Eric’s website Control Alt Achieve and his YouTube channel. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

A great deal of initial research exists about blended learning techniques such as game-based learning, but adoption has stalled because of a lack of scalable, practical techniques that have also proven effective. Founding a company based on research results. Dr. Vadim Polikov Picks the 5 Most Influential Education Games.

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Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study 152

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

2U said yesterday that it had formed a partnership with shared workspace company, WeWork. It’s the second deal cut by 2U chief executive, Chip Paucek, within the last 18 months, and it’s one he hopes will give a boost to both 2U students--and to his company. In November, the company reported quarterly revenue of $70.3

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

They also talked about the role of tech companies as censors or not as censors, so it was really cool to see how they were able to apply some of the things that we’ve traditionally always talked about in government class, and taken it into this digital space where they spend a good portion of their time. It’s definitely a work in progress.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 28, 2018

We definitely do that. Stephanie definitely makes it fun for me planning, just because it’s easy for me to see what she has. Then we can bounce ideas off of each other, “I learned that in college, what do you think about that?”. Lindsay: Oh, definitely. But I am definitely not one of them. Vicki: Absolutely.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Enrique: Yeah, you definitely want to keep them seated. The technology for the web VR is there, though companies like SineSpace , Edorble , and Amazon just came out with Sumerian — which is based on it’s A-frame technology, which can run virtual worlds on mobile devices. Keep your students seated so they are safe!

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2016

Subscribe to our Blended Learning newsletter. A co-founder of the company that makes BrightBytes , Rob Mancabelli, said that schools often collect a lot of data, but they struggle to make sense of it. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning. It’s a subtle, but significant, distinction.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Kameshwari Shankar watched for years as college and university courses were increasingly taught online instead of face to face, but without a definitive way of understanding which students benefited the most from them, or what if anything they learned. This story also appeared in The New York Times.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2022

Editor’s Note: See the COI Framework for PDF’s, definitions of each presence and an overview of the model. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. It talks about a content presence. And it talks about a social presence.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

I think this whole passion project was definitely more about the process than the product. I think they are learning more along the way, and that’s what’s important. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Lindsey: Totally!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

They created 2Rev as an education design lab—a place where designs for innovative learning models could be developed and tested. From 2008 - 2011, the company worked on projects spanning early childhood, grades K-12, higher education and the workforce, while simultaneously crystallizing its philosophy.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2019

So, I would definitely shy away from using it as a tool for improving your school or getting feedback about your school.”. While teaching, he also successfully implemented a $200,000 school-wide blended-learning program funded by the Rogers Family Foundation and led professional development on a wide range of teaching strategies.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2014

Definitely wary of spoiling his kids with premature wealth. So Slivka decided to launch a new company partly inspired on long-ago science fiction reading, such as Enders Game by Orson Scott Card and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson—books that weave futuristic education tools into the narrative. Copyright © 2014.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Educators, researchers and advocates still quibble over the precise definition of personalized learning, but most agree on this much: In these classrooms teachers don’t pass out identical worksheets and tests to every student. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

What it is: Get Qurious is a company who’s goal is to keep kids curious, creative, and expressive by combining technology and play. The name is a bit of a misnomer, it definitely isn’t what you think of when you think of the Maker Movement. While it does blend technology and play, I wouldn’t call it a Maker Box.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2018

That fear can definitely come in there. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. Vicki: Yeah.

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Digital Citizenship Guidelines Chromebook Google 183

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2021

But one thing that really makes us unique in this space is that we have local supports that are mostly former teachers to really help them develop the curriculum, find the best ones for their students, and think about this as a blended learning tool to take the conversation off of the screen and make it really relevant to the kids also.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

For example, a competition called the “ Gap App Challenge ” that invited startup companies to pitch their tools to iZone schools paved the way for a “ Short Cycle Evaluation Challenge ” that pairs public schools with edtech developers to test technology products.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The practice of funding public schools and assessing student engagement based on a student’s physical attendance is rooted in this definition and has only reinforced what is an outmoded idea. Today, I lead a company that creates online models for teaching and learning, yet my mission is much the same as it was when I was in the classroom.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

It also allows us to take a blended learning approach to our Common Core math instruction. Blended learning at the elementary level is different than the traditional definition. It’s an approach that seems to be working.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I have seen a lot of companies try to mix physical and digital play, but had yet to see anyone do it really well. Magik Play has definitely found the sweet spot! He also struggled to keep the blocks far enough away when he wasn’t building so that they didn’t interact with the iPad and mess up the “magic.”

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2019

As I share this idea around the country, most teachers and school administrators can see the logic of their change journeys ending at this point; it resonates well with their internal terminology, such as “blended learning.” This means that they have started to enter the same frame of reference as all other industries have done.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing. The traditional definition of literacy only includes reading and writing. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2015

Middlebury Interactive Languages is known for its online world languages program, but the partnership with Hartford marks the company’s entry into developing a blended-learning program meant for students learning English. Difficult words have pop-up boxes with visual, audio and written definitions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2018

Elearning design needs to engage and persuade the learner to know how to engage with the content and learning. Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare. I definitely learned a lot, but it was not as fun, not as interesting,” he said. There were no games or role-playing.

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Edthena

APRIL 14, 2021

It’s definitely vague. We did not have hybrid learning. We had one remote school up until that point, a virtual school and then we were really focused on blended learning. Now, that’s one of those great education space phrases, right? What does that mean? Is it teacher training or all the rest of it?

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

July 19, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reading Plus, an evidence-based online reading program for grades 3-12 designed to help students boost their literacy skills and reading confidence.

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Linways Technologies

AUGUST 19, 2020

Quality based education , student-centric education , online learning, and assessments, simplifying the administration, etc. Many of the largest companies in the world are highly investing in edtech and teaching-learning, not to mention the industry leaders who are making great contributions in terms of money and initiatives.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The Balance with Catlin Tucker Dr. Catlin Tucker is a veteran educator and authority on technology, blended learning, and balance. Despite decades of research on how children learn to read, many schools are disregarding the findings and instead investing in training and materials based on a discredited theory.

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