Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

Millions of students—particularly those from rural communities, low income families, immigrant families, and families of color—lack a reliable at-home internet connection, a critical need to continue their powerful learning outside of the classroom. The Equity Gap and Digital Divide Creates a Disconnect for School Districts. On our staff?

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Digital Divide Education Accessibility E-rate 255

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Once we’re more excited about who we are personally and professionally in the classroom, then you know suddenly we’re in a very different space as teachers. There’s lots of ways to do that without that being a part of what happens in the classroom. Pep Talk to Make our School and Classroom Something Special.

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How To Company Classroom Study 170

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom. From a press release. Social media is a main form of communication and connection used by today’s students. Nearly half (48 percent) of K-12 teachers express the desire to learn more about integrating technology into the classroom.

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Social Media Survey Classroom Guidelines 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

This is what I imagine “Book Choice” looks like, from curricular choices to which books grace the shelves of our classrooms. This tension comes from students, parents, teachers, and administration/leaders outside of the classroom. Students want to see themselves in stories. The rubber band pulls tight. With having children?

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Libraries Classroom Digital Citizenship Resources 71

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2017

In recent years Google’s offerings—in particular, Chromebooks—have captured plenty of media attention and domestic market share. In addition, Microsoft plans to release a fleet of low-cost Windows 10 devices aimed at the education market. What I am excited about is seeing the competition bring technology into the classroom.

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Microsoft Chromebook Lenovo Education 60

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Steelcase Education grant leverages classroom space to implement new teaching practices. 1 launched the second annual Active Learning Center (ALC) Grant , a program to provide active learning spaces to schools across North America. Schools are also permitted to submit applications for library and media center spaces this year.

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Steelcase Learning Libraries Training 40

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2016

The Greenville County Schools (GCS), South Carolina’s largest school system, today announced an expansion of its 14-year partnership with Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms. These approaches are then practiced in educator created, student-centered Learning Labs.

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Education Social Media Digital Learning System 45

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2015

” Seventy-three percent of participants in the Finger on the Pulse opinion survey, from Horizon Media’s WHY Group, agreed with the statement that “in the future, all the best jobs will require knowledge of computer coding languages.” Material from a press release was used in this report. population.

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STEM Survey Report Groups 40

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

With ed-tech spending expected to reach $55B by 2019 as predicted by market research firm Technavio, schools and districts should ensure they can produce carefully-crafted technology plans that outline how technology will work successfully in classrooms. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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How To Advocacy Tools Survey 64

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

At ISTE 2016 , this week in Denver, we saw the official release of a refreshed and aspirational set of Standards for Students focused on empowering student voice. I know our classroom teacher partners will welcome our early work connecting these standards to content area standards and student inquiry projects. View Indicators.

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Future Ready Technology Strategy Tools 43

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The homework, the classroom activity, the project, the oral quiz, the written exam—we do these kinds of things because they are supposed to help students become comfortable with concepts and material in the curriculum. His first book, Making Your School Something Special , was released by EdTechTeam Press in January of 2017.

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Video Examples Groups Survey 70

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 28, 2018

Following input and feedback from more than 1300 educators from the US and around the world, ISTE released its new Standards for Education Leaders , formerly known as the ISTE Standards for Administrators. The revised Framework replaces “Personalized Student Learning” with “Learner-Centered,” now positioned the middle of the gears.

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Future Ready Digital Citizenship Libraries Facebook 40

MindShift

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Educators navigating distance learning are grappling and experimenting with ways to capture students’ interest through social media, polls and stickers on their faces. Adding to that, teachers are even more pressed for time these days, notes DeBose. . “So Fostering curiosity and motivation in your classroom.

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Social Media Groups Assessment Video 67

The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 9, 2016

It’s no surprise that a few years later the lack of support was evident in classrooms. Some are inviting others to visit their classrooms to see how to implement the technology in which they have expertise. The Ed Tech Director and staff developer positions across the city were eliminated.

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Guidelines EdTech Social Media Facebook 40

MindShift

MAY 11, 2021

These youth-centered books about race do the research for teachers so they don’t have to spend huge amounts of time figuring out how to tackle units about American history and race in the classroom , explains author Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul. Rachelle Baker/ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers).

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Comparison System Elementary Study 53

eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, and PBS LearningMedia, a media-on-demand service designed for K-12 classrooms, announced the opening of applications for the inaugural year of The Emperor Science Award program. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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Industry STEM Study Report 40

The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 20, 2011

and uber cool author of Trackers, Skeleton Creek, & friend of the MHMS Media Center - (See his signed posters below! Consult the events page for exact times, then sign up below if you would like to broadcast the author appearance in your classroom or library. It''s FREE to sign up (and yes, to my MHMS Kids, we''re so there!)

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Libraries Classroom Learning 39

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Credit: Valerie Plesh for The Hechinger Report On social media, Mercado glimpsed videos of other teachers who were quitting their jobs, including educators with far more experience than she had. That person has the most power to change the trajectory ,” said Sharif el-Mekki, the CEO of the nonprofit Center for Black Educator Development.

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Elementary Report Training Classroom 76

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” ” But “changes are coming” to the university’s writing center, the administration has threatened. ” NPR asks whose bones made up those old classroom skeletons.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” In reviewing Srnicek’s book in March, New York Times media journalist John Hermann wrote , Platforms are, in a sense, capitalism distilled to its essence. It still runs testing centers and has testing contracts. It’s a cycle, Srnicek argues, that then encourages more usage, which in turn generates more data.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. The lack of research hasn’t stopped the positive press coverage. Perhaps that name, Betsy DeVos, is familiar.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

MindShift

MAY 1, 2019

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Some of the very real challenges of life and the classroom are ill-?defined Social media offers a ready platform for comparing oneself to others, a process called social comparison. cut answers.

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Secondary Comparison Study Examples 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Reinventing the Classroom - Correction. Some of you noticed that the announcement about our exciting ed tech event on May 1st, Reinventing the Classroom , had a broken link -- sorry about that! Symposium is a collaborative effort of the ACSA, Computer Using Educators and Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership.

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Conference Digital Badges Libraries Education 53

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. Updates and Upgrades Apple released its latest iOS this week.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — It was two days before the start of the school year, and Lauren Koehler shrugged off her backpack and slid out of a maroon hoodie as she approached the blocky, concrete building that houses the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Enrollment Center. And these aren’t the only reasons Koehler’s task can seem Sisyphean.

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E-rate Elementary Education Report 121

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I''m also a proposed panelist for "Education2.0 - Social Media Drives Student Success" being hosted by Jennifer Openshaw. The Classroom 2.0 The Imagine Cup is a competition that asks college students to work on technology solutions to some of the world''s most pressing problems (poverty, disease, environmental destruction, and so on).

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Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 How a cyber trail led to the school threat suspect | Burlington Free Press → Every account and phone number used in the threats were traced to particular times, servers and locations. All messages, even draft emails that had been deleted, were recorded. It offers a more experiential learning experience.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JULY 29, 2023

While I didn't attend ISTE 2023 in person last month, I watched the social media about it from afar. In fact, I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a web tool that has so many useful pre-made models. The interactivity of Figjam is user-friendly and straightforward, mainly centered around its toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

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Tools Social Media Google Video 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 How a cyber trail led to the school threat suspect | Burlington Free Press → Every account and phone number used in the threats were traced to particular times, servers and locations. All messages, even draft emails that had been deleted, were recorded. It offers a more experiential learning experience.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Nureva, a collaboration solutions company, is launching two models of the Span classroom collaboration system, the WM210e and the WM220e. The single-projector WM210e model or dual-projector WM220e model transforms classroom walls into a 10′ or 20′ (3.1 Material from a press release was used in this report.

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System Tablets Android Chromebook 40

Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2016

We worked with kids who were excited to come to school, with families who were proud to share their children with us and educators who put kids at the center of every decision. We remembered that at the center of each instructional or behavioral decision we needed to make, there stood a student. We felt highly capable in our positions.

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Meeting Social Media Exercises Facebook 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. Karen earned her BA in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College and her MA in Instructional Technology and New Media from Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

However, expanding the capacity of IoT devices through 5G is expected to greatly expand teachers’ abilities in the classroom. Such low lag time will greatly improve AR/VR user experiences, making it a more useful tool for teachers in the classroom. “To According to a press release , the innovation centers, located in Waltham, Mass.;

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EdTech Pearson Report Data 338

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Teachers are leaving the classroom almost as quickly as colleges and universities prepare them. Many of those trained to become teachers never enter the classroom. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics as common sources of dissatisfaction. By Franklin Schargel.

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Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

EdTech 67

EdTech Learning Industry Data 67

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Pretty much everything that is NOT covered by the edtech trade press. Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz | Pew Research Center → This is not easy (though I did get 10/10). Worth the long read. Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust."

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Pretty much everything that is NOT covered by the edtech trade press. Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz | Pew Research Center → This is not easy (though I did get 10/10). Worth the long read. Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust."

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150