Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). 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.” Unified gets a $3.26-million

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As iPads, laptops and other learning gadgets increasingly make their way into K-12 schools, there’s one resource that more than 21 million students still lack access to in the United States: high-speed internet. “We billion Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that helps 96 percent of schools get more affordable broadband.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Technology giants are working to bolster K–12 education in middle America , specifically targeting subjects that will help young students learn the skills they’ll need as traditional jobs like agriculture and manufacturing evolve with the rise of emerging technology. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. education system.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 17, 2019

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Jane Sandwood, has interesting ideas on blending tech with tradition: Balancing Technology With Traditional Teaching To Enhance Performance In Class. However, blended learning takes the positive aspects of technology and combines them with tried and tested teaching methods. Improving Student Behavior.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

But the takeaways for educators and the edtech industry are most obvious in the sections on homework. The likelihood of having any home computer, desktop or laptop is 94 percent for higher income vs. 73 percent for lower income. Personal laptops are also more prevalent in higher-income homes.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

Blockchain technology may seem magical, but it is not magic. Based on that experience, I’d argue that there are three main misconceptions being advanced by many of those advocating for the use of blockchain in education: One, blockchain technology is self-executing.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As campuses locked their gates out of fear of infection, most American college students rushed to their laptops to study from home. Phil Hill, a prominent edtech consultant, told me that because Africans are forced to introduce mobile, not as an add-on, but as a priority, “from day one, Africans optimize digital learning for mobile.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 121

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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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

don’t have a broadband connection and don’t own a laptop or computer. Read more: 4 Great examples of edtech that eases parent-teacher communication. Don’t introduce certain technological platforms as permanent solutions. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. Be flexible with your tools.

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Strategy Tools Digital Divide Exercises 368

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions? We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. First is the evolving nature of education technology.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 154

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Add-Ons (available soon) : Soon, for teachers using Google Workspace for Education Plus or Teaching and Learning Upgrade , Classroom add-ons will let them choose their favorite EdTech tools and content from a marketplace and assign it to students directly inside Classroom — all without extra log-ins.

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Google Chromebook Android Education 101

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 5th most-read story focuses on expert predictions for edtech. As we closed the door on 2022 , we approached 2023 with clear-cut priorities for edtech and education as a whole.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 72

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

In 2017, reality took a massive swipe at the wobbly optimism of technology progressives. Echoing wider soul searching over technology’s polarizing role in politics and society, the education technology scene has been doing its own reckoning. Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. — Babak D.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” million laptops to all public primary schools. A Techcrunch op-ed : “Why edtech can’t grow as much as healthtech.” ” From the EdTech Researcher blog : “ Project Based Learning as Mindset.”

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). ."

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). paywalled).

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). paywalled).

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EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” VR “comes of age,” says Campus Technology. ” Via Campus Technology : “New Education Think Tank Debuts, Offering Online News and Research.”

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “What Federal Education Budget Cuts Mean for Edtech.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” ” Via Ars Technica : “ Libraries have become a broadband lifeline to the cloud for students.”

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Education Coursera Robotics Broadband 47

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. ” From GeekWire : “For investors, the future of education technology is now the workplace.” National) Education Politics.

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