eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

There exist major gaps in teacher knowledge and the availability of curricular tools to support this type of learning. By integrating screen-free tools, children can design and create in all STEAM subjects by developing a child’s computational thinking. GHz frequency of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 16, 2016

Along the way we've conducted nearly 3,000 in-depth evaluations of tools paired with 9,000 from-the-field reviews from teachers. Teachers use a variety of digital tools in supporting English language learners (ELLs). Yet some of the best tools for this aren't obviously ELL-specific -- some aren't even specific to education.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

SCREAM stands for science, computing, robotics, engineering, artificial intelligence, and math. They use social media side by side so that when he turns 13 he will have the tools and guidance necessary to be successful. Fortunately, teachers like April Keck DeGennaro who teaches at Peoples Elementary School in Georgia is.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. wi.us, among other sources."

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But many times tech is only integrated at specific points in the classroom or with a specific tool as determined by the teacher. In the edWebinar “ Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst, Innovation Specialist at St. Supporting school activities: St.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced on DLD that the FCC will double its spending to $2 billion to connect schools and libraries to broadband over the next two years.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Increasing students’ access to technology tools in the classroom is key to reversing these trends. Generative AI can be a low-cost tutoring tool to help students understand difficult concepts–especially important for students who believe they are behind their peers and are less likely to engage in a classroom setting.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Get to know SnapThought – one of our assessment tools – and the new game Sortify, which adds another dimension to playful assessment. Curating the Best Content for Learning , Spending on education technology is now in the tens of billions dollars as schools push for broadband, computer labs, and 1-to-1 tablets. Join here !

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

11 Ed Tech Developments from Educause Efficient, Useful Blue-Light LED Draws Nobel Prize in Physics Robotics Enters K-12 Classrooms Startup Builds on Wi-Fi Chips for Cheaper Llast Mile'' to Home Broadband Let Your Finger Do The Reading With This Great Device From MIT Media Lab Conversations Classroom 2.0

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

So many headlines focus on automation, robots, artificial intelligence, and the looming loss of jobs. As aligns with our mission to promote and make more accessible free and open education resources, most of the tools needed to develop learner resilience are free. Meet Learners Where They Operate. The Future is Now.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. Teachers themselves report a lack of confidence using technology tools in the classroom. With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Verge : “ Aflac ’s toy robot for kids facing cancer is the smartest toy of all.” Via The Verge : “ Aflac ’s toy robot for kids facing cancer is the smartest toy of all.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Stanford University’s Larry Cuban continues his analysis of behavioral management tool ClassDojo. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Tech CEOs visited the White House to talk about “modernizing” a.k.a.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

And their cash-strapped school district has struggled to provide them with even the most basic digital tools. She says she is deeply committed to computer-assisted teaching because it gives students with limited tech experience exposure to digital tools. Most hope to eventually land tech-related jobs. It’s perhaps not surprising.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Department relaxes financial aid process in the absence of IRS tool.” ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” (In Cleveland.). Move along.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” “ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” Chalkbeat on how a Denver school uses yoga as a disciplinary tool. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Just you wait… Inside Higher Ed profiles ClassPulse , a(nother) classroom feedback tool. Speaking of feedback, Inside Higher Ed also profiles a sentiment analysis surveillance tool , developed at the University of St.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Ars Technica : “Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards.” million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.” ” Via Education Week : “New Tool Alerts Teachers When Students Give Up on Tests.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

From the Department of Education press release : “To protect sensitive taxpayer data, the IRS and FSA announced today the Data Retrieval Tool on fafsa.gov and StudentLoans.gov will be unavailable until extra security protections can be added. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Politico : “After proposing a $9.2

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. Robots are coming for your children. Illuminate Education has acquired visualization tool eduCLIMBER.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Federal Sex-Assault Investigations Are Being Resolved More Often.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” (No mention of the FAFSA tool, which is a good reminder than when Edsurge writes about ed-tech they really only mean what corporations can sell to schools.). Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. She’s Building Tools to Boost Student Character.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Muñiz as the Education Department’s General Counsel. Here’s the official statement from Betsy DeVos.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Via abc.net.au : “ Queensland children as young as four will learn coding and robotics as a compulsory part of their education from next year.” ” “ Robot Takeover of Higher Ed Hits a Snag,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Accreditation and Certification. .” Lee Partners.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” Now, four months later, it says it’s shutting down its Concierge service to focus on building an “online diagnostic tool.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” ” Creative Commons released a “Termination of Transfer Tool” to help manage authors’ copyrights. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” ” Via Edsurge : “U.S.

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