The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The conversation is about Artificial Intelligence. We have to go back in and continually edit, check for accuracy, check for bias, make sure it's meeting and serving the needs of our students. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She writes articles for education journals and blogs. I might take 5 minutes and work, do a little intervention, a little scaffolding, and see if I need to do even more than just that one five minute meeting with the child. So it's ongoing.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 17, 2019

Publicly available data has allowed thousands of school leaders to compare their existing service and pricing with neighbors and similarly-sized districts, ultimately helping them to negotiate with their vendor so that they can meet their technology goals. Make sure your team meets regularly to assess and address potential project risks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Melissa Mann on episode 167 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Lee Ann Yonker on episode 168 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. There are no cap limits, no throttle rates, and no chastising schools when they need extra bandwidth. They collaborate to make sure the technology and services are meeting their current and future needs.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

Furthermore with companies like Neverware which can turn most any old device into a high-speed Chromebook, cost and tech support are no longer the barriers they once were. 2) The filtering divide Schools that service children living in poverty receive e-rate funding which requires schools to filter the internet.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Th e app is in the testing phase now, and due to high early demand, will be released to early signups first. Your ratings help other teachers find the show so they can benefit from it, too. Your ratings help other teachers find the show so they can benefit from it, too. See blog posts/transcripts for all episodes.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Additionally, few companies are able to learn about the impact of the training and educational programs available to their employees or use data to improve these offerings. While about 90 percent of companies who employ frontline workers offer educational and training opportunities, and U.S. Roles that have the fastest turnover rates.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Partnering with local cable companies, internet providers, and community organizations, they expanded broadband to the school parking lots and community centers. Leveraging new funding opportunities such as E-Rate or ESSER, the superintendents faced with unique challenges used the funding sources thoughtfully.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? The thread on this tweet has the details. “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Canceled Meetings. The unexpected extra time from a canceled meeting, the time you desperately needed to complete a task within the deadline. Having a job you wanted at your favorite company. Grateful for hormones that control your heart rate, reproduction, and sleep cycles. Meeting Halfway. Prioritiz e.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

Some of the links in the spreadsheet are to reputable companies where you can purchase books (Alphabet Series, Flyleaf, etc.) I can read F series) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories Meet Yasmin! I write about a few more of these strategies in my blog post, “ How I teach reading to a class that spans 7+ grade levels.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via NPR on Sunday : “ President Trump Set To Meet With Presidents Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities.” ” Via NPR on Tuesday : “ Trump, And Most Black College Presidents, Absent From Annual Meeting.” Via The Washington Post : “ Student loan companies reach $21.6 ” EVERYONE!

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. The company has $8.3

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

" Tagged on: March 10, 2017 Drop it like it's bot: Brands have cooled on chatbots | Digiday → Many companies have begun dropping their bots, saying that they don't do what they were supposed to: “I would call it overpromising." He anticipates needing to purchase around 2,000 to meet that goal.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” Via NPR : “Outcry After Louisiana Teacher Arrested During School Board Meeting.” awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” This is how well your district does.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Via Edsurge : “Why the FCC ’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl.” “The Saga of Ohio ’s Embattled E-School Is Coming to an End,” writes Education Week’s Ben Herold. Via The Atlantic : “ School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Via the AP : “One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. the nation’s third-largest student loan servicing company.” ” from the edX blog. Billion for College Financial Aid.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Via NPR : “Meet Jin Park , The First DACA Recipient Awarded A Rhodes Scholarship.” ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. Sometimes it’s fun to look back at old stories that the tech press dutifully pumped out about this company.

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

content farm or content mill : a company that employs a staff of freelance writers to create content designed to satisfy search engine retrieval algorithms with the goal of attracting views and advertising revenue. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus. ” ( Wikipedia ). True-or not?

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

A successful launch means higher adoption rates and a higher level of satisfaction with the new platform. This can be done through newsletters, emails, presentations, meetings and so on. If needed, see if you can be trained by the company. Read more: Should parents also know how to use e-learning platforms? Make it fun!

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Masslive.com : “ Massachusetts state government announced a new partnership with an online education company on Thursday to help public employees and the state’s public universities take advantage of online classes.” ” The company in question: edX. Heckuva job. ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Why is the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Bror Saxberg posting on the Department of Education ’s Medium blog ? For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” asks Jade E.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U of Maryland University College pursues a strategy of spinning off units into stand-alone companies, seeking financial gain for itself and affordable tuition rates for its students.” Racism, Immigration, and Education. ” Bye, Mercator. .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Trump Nominee for Career-Tech Position Being Pulled Due to Offensive Blog Posts.” ” “Behind Randi Weingarten ’s secret meeting with Steve Bannon ” by Mike Klonsky. “How can online learning help Canadian colleges meet the challenges ahead?” The George W.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” They’re suing the company. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ ACICS -Accredited Colleges Meet Federal Deadline.” Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr. More on the Classroom API via the G Suite Developers Blog. Government Over Dismal Education.”

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Protestors were outside the meeting in force. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. This coding bootcamp was acquired by the University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group , in 2015. Critiques Their ESSA Plans.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Education professor Yong Zhao has several blog posts on the results of PISA and TIMSS and what we can (and can’t) learn from them. million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” college testing scam , to be deported.”

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