MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Children in fifth grade at South Fayette elementary school collaborate to make their Rube Goldberg machines do what they wish. For instance, one class of second-graders recently learned how to use simple circuits to make a game in which the correct answer to a double-digit math problem would light up a little bulb. Chris Berdik).

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2021

Elementary, fine arts and special education teachers are especially hard to find, according to a Hechinger Report analysis of state education data. The state actually produces roughly six times as many teachers — 1,600 a year — as the labor market can absorb, according to data from the Montana Department of Labor & Industry.

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Elementary Report Training Analysis 130

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Moving beyond the tradition of looking for employees at university graduation days may provide a glimpse into how we can simplify job transfers between private industry and public education and provide more opportunities for non-traditional paths into education careers. Speak to those who have spent a lifetime in and out of education.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.

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Broadband Accessibility Report Company 129

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 12,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry. First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them.

Google 54

Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022. FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. With edtech usage higher than ever, the edtech industry will use this as an opportunity to evolve.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 117

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

I may need to know how to use this at some point, and I don’t want to go to college or to a job totally clueless.”. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. They also take field trips to area manufacturing firms. I’m experimenting with what I like and don’t like.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” (In Cleveland.). “A bold move,” says Inside Higher Ed.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

For the last five or six years, education technology has been largely talked about in terms of “startups,” something that helps position the industry as an outsider and an underdog. According to Edsurge , changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will soon be another “ win for ed-tech vendors.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

These 11 Cases Show How.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. Spoiler alert: it’s about learning how to teach differently.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46