eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Modern K-12 teaching is empowered by a versatile toolkit of technology tools Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Discover Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning In K-12 education, a diverse array of tools and technologies enhance teaching methodologies, creating dynamic and engaging learning environments.

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Tools Technology Future Ready Khan Academy 52

Hack Education

JULY 5, 2019

Over the course of the past few weeks, I’ve read a handful of books on writing and editing – Benjamin Dreyer’s Dreyer’s English , Stephen King’s On Writing , and Susan Bell’s The Artful Edit – but this week I turn my attention to revising the book. Yes, yes, yes. This is obvious.).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

These tools not only cater to diverse learning styles but also empower students to explore, create, and collaborate in unprecedented ways. Digital Storytelling Tools: Platforms like StoryJumper or Book Creator enable students to create and share digital stories, enhancing literacy skills, creativity, and digital communication abilities.

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Examples Technology Adaptive Learning Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As conversation starters, we have a number of books that help inform children about the crisis. Related: What we can learn from the Katrina children who thrived after disaster. But what about those times when children don’t pay attention to flat, motionless books? Related: COLUMN: Come for the computers, stay for the books.

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Robotics Libraries Tablets Report 68

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

There are many changes I intend to make, but the most significant will be creating a book that is more “evergreen,” a book with less focus on tools and more on the dispositions of digital leaders. Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book.

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OER Personal Learning Network Outcomes Blended Learning 241

Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

ANN-based AI programs have enormous potential to redefine what we understand to be personalized learning, and while in the early stages, it is well worth looking at the innovations that are at the cutting-edge of Learning Management System design. Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Smart content.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I have never been able to make it to this event -- it's always coincided with the end-of-the-year series I've traditionally written for Hack Education. But I've put that series to rest while I focus on book-writing, and I'm thrilled to be able to join you here this year. I'm also thrilled that the book is mostly done.).

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The availability of AI technologies, machine learning, robotics and so on is happening much faster than people might expect. Educational institutions need to keep up. Students go to schools with various educational backgrounds, have diverse interests and learning preferences and progress in each subject at different rates.

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Personalized Learning Learning Assessment Competency Based Learning 386

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This is no small feat, considering that she and now-NJ Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet stepped into a struggling district with 75% of students reading below grade level (half of those being three-to-six grades below). Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ? TECH USED ?

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The topic of trauma — specifically, trauma-informed teaching — has become a focus in education. have experienced some form of trauma, so it’s critical that educators be equipped to support every student. I know you love robots, so would you like to build a robot out of cardboard boxes?”

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Robotics Differentiated Instruction Elementary Examples 142

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2017

Today Weston Kieschnick @wes_kieschnick helps us how to go bold school with blended learning. Old school plus blended learning = bold school. Check the show notes for the book giveaway. Book: Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New Technologies that Work = Blended Learning that Works. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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Blended Learning Learning Strategy Robotics 174

MindShift

OCTOBER 4, 2015

There are a lot of folks on the vendor floor at national conferences who will sell you products that supposedly personalize learning, and much of the buzz around something like Khan Academy is that it personalizes the learning for kids. It still assumes that kids have to learn everything we want them to learn.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Robotics 28

edWeb.net

JULY 11, 2018

Computational thinking provides an important foundation for learning computer science but can also inspire skills like the 4 Cs (collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking) across other subjects. Rotation stations can also help educators differentiate groups of children to personalize learning and better meet their needs.

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Robotics Classroom STEM Exercises 52

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Education in the Courts. Her remarks.) .”

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The industrial model of education is failing. Our communities are being deprived of engaged citizens equipped with the skills required to be productive and compassionate, and who have ownership of their learning journey. What Is Individualized Learning? We just have to answer, “What is individualized learning?”

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Learning Industry Differentiated Instruction Personalized Learning 134

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. In one back room at Skyline High School, you can learn all you need to know about St. Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Megan Nickels, PedsAcademy founder, helps Ella Greene build a robotic version of her dog. And she’s in the process of building a robotic version of her dog, River.

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Robotics Report Personalized Learning Study 81

techlearning

MAY 4, 2018

The movies and books teach us about being heroes , complicated relationships with family, being brave, and picking ourselves up after failing or making mistakes. You will also find Star Wars themed professional development tips for integrating technology, building a Personal Learning Network , and classroom management.

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Personal Learning Network STEM Robotics Learning 78

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. The goal of this movement is to give students more control over their education and customize lessons based on their needs.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 96

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Bezos then went on to cite a phrase that is so often misquoted and misattributed in those shiny, happy motivational PowerPoint slides – you know the ones – that people like to post to social media: “Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.” ” W.

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Software Company Robotics Social Media 111

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. I think the latter."

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

And we're serving more and more students who are just learning English. Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. If the history of education has taught us anything, it is that education is a human process.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Edtech gatherings that attract more than 1,000 attendees, such as LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries Conference last week in Boston, are usually echo chambers of hubbub and hoopla about technology’s potential to transform education. That’s why educators need to pay attention to cultivating skills in students that robots don't do efficiently. “We

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EdTech Robotics Maker Movement Conference 60

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. And in 2017 , they teamed up for Computer Science Education Week Hour of Code to teach kids “basic programming concepts by casting them as veterinarians alongside Barbie,” per a Tynker announcement. In a 2014 Slate article, she wrote that a book Mattel put out that linked Barbie to computer science missed the mark.

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Company Robotics Course EdTech 66

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

From that day forward, she voraciously educated herself and, as of today, has started her own plastic recycling project (building eco bricks), and began an environmental awareness club at her school. Yale Young Global Scholars program in Connecticut and a robotics camp in Ghana.

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Khan Academy Learning Strategy Flipped Classroom 162

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If kids designed high schools, the classrooms would be full of computer screens, books, games and holograms — and there would be no tests. Since they opened in 2014, Brooklyn LAB has embraced the idea of “personalized learning,” a trend in schools intended to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and interests.

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Blended Learning Robotics Report Personalized Learning 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. Its portable design enables it to be used comfortably by younger children and in more environments.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 41

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? Noakes: Likewise, she always encourages educators to ask: How might tech support educators’ ability to differentiate learning in the classroom? Then, learning goals drive the decision. She is co-author of the book Digital Solidary in Education (2014).

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EdTech LMS Robotics Training 41

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

I spent time researching the Hanson brothers and gathering facts in my A-Z Hanson book, complete with quizzes and fun facts, then transferred that knowledge to my very own GeoCities website. I'm a technology integrationist and I'm part of an educator group called MidMN , named for our location in central Minnesota.

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Conference Schoology Meeting Groups 95

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” ” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. “Why is there a slide about Peloton? Is this really a trend?

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2015

As an educational elder with a lot of experience working with challenging students, I am often asked to consult to school teams. All he wants to do is work with Mr. B, the teacher in the robotics lab.”. and a person at school whom he wanted to be with. No Student Is Unreachable. by Jeffrey Benson. He does no work.

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Robotics Differentiated Instruction Strategy Study 40

MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

How well did I collaborate with other educators? To answer these questions, I often turn to the people who can help me evaluate how effectively I’ve been integrating edtech tools into the classroom: students, parents and fellow educators. They have a variety of topics from Food in Space to Robotics to Life on Mars.

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Classroom Social Media Personal Learning Network Twitter 55

MindShift

JULY 1, 2016

“We did self-driving cars, virtual reality; we talked about life extension, and robots.” A growing number of schools make personalized learning — a student working at his or her own pace — part of the curriculum. Here, personalized exploration is built into every school day. .” I just thought: Oh, wow.

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Khan Academy Personalized Learning Groups Robotics 44

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I will not be assigning penance today – although as a scholar of history and culture, I do want you (all of us, really) to think about what we’ve done; to think about what we’ve said; to think about the stories we tell about the future of technology and education. But that’s not new.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

This is part ten of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Perhaps it’s no surprise that there was so much talk this year about education, technology, and emotional health. All the talk of the importance of “emotion” in education reflects other trends too. They turn into products.

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