The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2020

Connections Academy, the virtual school run by Pearson, saw “strong increases in application volumes” in March. K12 Inc plans on increasing how much it spends on digital advertising, including Facebook ads. Credit: Screenshot/Facebook. But for some online education companies, the upheaval represents a chance to profit.

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TeacherCast

JULY 29, 2018

How to work around the challenges that teachers face in the classroom. New Pearson Curriculum for Mixed Reality Headsets. After moving to Denmark, Tricia had an opportunity to develop engaging classroom experiences for teachers and students around the world at LEGO Education. Make Code / Computer Science. Personalized Learning.

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Microsoft Pearson STEM Robotics 68

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

It’s analogous to how colleges must ensure there are ramps and elevators even in rented classroom space, says Cyndi Rowland, executive director of WebAIM, a project at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University.

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Social Media Accessibility CMS Facebook 110

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

The post 10 Google Classroom Tips for Remote Learning appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Many teachers are jumping on board with Google Classroom right now, sink or swim! So in this post, I am going to give you 10 Google Classroom tips for remote learning. What is Google Classroom? Just getting started? Click To Tweet.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 29, 2017

They also argue that using technology inside the classroom could prompt students to become indolent, which will have a negative effect on them in the long run. Now, you’ll see many private schools that encourage the use of iPads in the classroom. Well, why not? There has been a vast improvement with regard to this issue.

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iPad Pearson Study Tablets 154

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

that teach English Language Learner (ELL) students as part of its first-ever Back to School program, an effort to equip teachers with the tools they need and foster inclusive learning environments for all families, at home or in the classroom.

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Survey Pearson Microsoft Facebook 52

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

World maps, colorful letter charts and a felt animal poster line the walls of LaShundra Wigfall’s classroom. But Wigfall’s classroom isn’t in a school; it’s smack dab in the middle of her living room. It’s a transition she made two years ago after seven years in the classroom. And to be honest, teaching online is more fun.

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Education Pearson Facebook Meeting 94

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2020

You can also now add private comments using the new grading feature in Google Classroom from inside the student’s document. We do know that we will need digital learning tools for communication, collaboration, and to engage our students in learning inside and outside of the classroom. Google Classroom). Digital Equity.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. Not only did he thank me, but his students thanked me because he was so excited about teaching in the classroom now. It’s our new private Facebook group. With this coupon, a 3 grad credit course is only $359.

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Edcamps Microsoft Social Media Course 176

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

But those master’s degrees often focus on theory, and didn’t seem relevant to what was happening in classrooms, said Margaret Loveall, a fourth-grade teacher who gave up 12 credits short of earning hers. If I just sent out a flyer, no one would do these,” Pearson said. “I It just blew my mind, so I wanted to share that,” she said.

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Industry Dropout Pearson Report 139

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

Our professional guests: Lian Chikako Chang, a "data storyteller," started the Pandemic Pods group on Facebook in July; just weeks later, the group includes more than 35,000 members. and Pearson Education, but her passion remains working directly with students in a teaching capacity. See you "online!"

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Trends Handbook Kaplan Company 36

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Internet ubiquity in the classroom led teachers to adopt email and experiment with other technologies. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 159

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Classroom 2.0 The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. The average time students spent on Facebook was 106 minutes per day.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

Sunday, April 26th at 7pm TechEducator Podcast: 10 Ways to be a Rock Star Teacher in your Classroom , Are you interested in creating dynamic hands on lesson plans that leave your students wanting to come back to class the next day? Saturday, May 2nd at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Featured Teacher: Lisa Parisi , Classroom 2.0

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Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

David Simpson ([link] will discuss the use of facebook and other social networking sites in education and the need for/issues around digital citizenship education in Secondary schools. Come join Tina and Barbara, of LiveBinders, and Dean Mantz as we talk learning in the 21st Century classroom. link] CLASSROOM 2.0

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Blackboard MOOC Digital Citizenship Secondary 48

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Have your thoughts about the role of video games in schools and classrooms evolved over time? There are publishers like Pearson, tech companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google. Learning isn’t restricted to one classroom; rather it’s based on problem solving regardless of space or medium.

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Video Game-Based Learning Learning Pearson 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Nor has it stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from making “personalized learning” a centerpiece of his venture philanthropy firm’s education work or from vowing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Pearson, for one.) Whatever “it” is.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Teachers opted instead to seek training on Google Docs in the classroom, or similarly practical concerns. Finally, Mirra writes about the hasty planning or lack thereof in LA for their iPad rollout and partnership with Pearson. When participants chose their sessions though, the equity conversations never materialized.

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Accessibility Edcamps Training Pearson 32

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 21, 2020

Jennifer Pearson checked back in after her bonus episode. Listen to this article: Quick Tip of the Week: Bookmark the Classwork Page in Google Classroom. I also recommend this technique for secondary students in the classroom doing deep work! Join our FREE Shake Up Learning Facebook group. Click To Tweet.

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How To Google Exercises Pearson 101

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. Pearson agreed. New York, NY: Pearson Education. Reiser & J. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.).

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work? And at the end of the year, to just see their growth … I start to get teary.”.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. What is personalized learning?

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kids work alone and in small groups; they sit at tiny desks and on beanbags and sofas scattered around the classroom. I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life?

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 105

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Via The AP : “Police in Vermont say a 15-year-old student was cited after approaching a classroom wearing a clown mask and banging on the windows as clown sightings are viewed as potential public safety threats throughout the country.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Smartphone Explodes in Rowan College Classroom.”

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” Via the Dallas Morning News : “Professors who ban guns in their classrooms will be punished, UT lawyer says.” ” Presidential Campaign Politics. Education in the Courts.

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Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Edsurge : “The Possibilities for Tech (and Screentime ) in the Preschool Classroom.” New York Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will step down from her position in the new year.

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Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." ” Facebook gets in the “ literacy ” business. “Facebook’s News Literacy Advice Is Harmful to News Literacy,” says Mike Caulfield. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. Not really.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” “ Pearson , WTF? Via Getting Smart : “How Competency-Based Education Can Lead to A More Equitable Classroom.” classrooms,” Axios claims. ” Via ProPublica : “ Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race.” ” Just like the GED has done.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Atlantic : “ Virtual Classrooms Can Be as Unequal as Real Ones.” Via Edsurge : “A Timeline of Google Classroom ’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems.” ” “ PEARSON alized Learning” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. ” Shocking, I know.

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Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” ” Via Wired : “With Venues, Oculus and Facebook Push Social VR Into New Territory.” . “ Genetic Intelligence Tests Are Next to Worthless,” says The Atlantic. ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

But they pass through innumerable hands before they ever reach a classroom. A New York Times analysis earlier this year detailed how the most influential states, Texas and California, produce markedly different versions of the same texts from publishers such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson and McGraw-Hill “shaded by partisan politics.”

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Analysis Pearson Course Libraries 215

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Marygrove College to Eliminate All Undergraduate Programs.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. And then there’s the advice from Pearson. and Facebook Inc.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

“A Response to Larry Berger’s ‘Confession’ on Personalized Learning ” by New Classrooms’ Joel Rose. Here’s a lede for you : “Once upon a time, the classrooms had four walls, dusty chalkboards and uncomfortable desks in straight little rows. ” More from Edsurge.

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Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Education technologies facilitate communication, expanding learning networks beyond the classroom. You don’t have to tell Facebook. Facebook knows.” IBM Watson, which has partnered with Pearson and with Sesame Street, to “personalize learning” through data collection and data analytics.

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