The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This is the second year the three organizations partnered with a rural school district to increase its capacity for digital learning and lend additional momentum to local efforts. That’s tough to put in a report but that means more to me than probably anything I get back on a standardized test,” he said. But this is hard.

Case Study 85

Case Study Report Study Google 85

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

IT staff at our schools reported that teachers were stressed out about logging in to the point where some would just give up on using technology and go back to their regular pen and paper process. Case Study: Pickens School District enjoys instant access. We actually have well over 30 applications at this point.

BYOD 161

BYOD Data Pearson Learning Analytics 161

Digital Promise

JULY 25, 2017

To learn more, we commissioned Stanford University’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching to conduct a literature review to ground our understanding of the existing research. With generous support from Google , we are launching the Dynamic Learning Project, a pilot with 50 U.S. Blazar, D., & Hogan, D.

Digital Learning 265

Digital Learning Digital Divide Learning Education 265

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 1, 2016

It runs trials on granular pieces of digital learning activities via the PowerMyLearning Connect platform, which is available free to schools. The academics highlighted two of the trials, and made a case for EduStar to be used to evaluate K-12 apps, videos, and games using Consumer Reports-like ratings. Basketball vs.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Exercises Groups Comparison 40

EdTechTeam

JULY 27, 2017

Cross-posted from Digital Promise Addressing the Digital Learning Gap with Effective Educator Coaching JULY 26, 2017 | BY KAREN CATOR In 2014, I wrote – The problem with education in America is not the lack of excellence. With generous support from Google , we are launching the Dynamic Learning Project, a pilot with 50 U.S.

Digital Learning 73

Digital Learning Digital Divide Education Learning 73

Hack Education

JULY 2, 2016

VR appeared in some of the earliest Horizon Reports for example, with the 2007 report positing that virtual worlds would be adopted by higher ed institutions within two to three years’ time; funnily enough, the 2016 report offers the same outlook: we’re still two to three years out from widespread adoption of VR.

Education 68

Education Training Company Report 68

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Anonymizing datasets is a practice fraught with challenges , especially in cases where data from multiple sources are combined. 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.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150