techlearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

I've had the pleasure of working with this company. Students can pick and choose from their own library of photographs, or they can use the search feature within each tool to find the “perfect” image for their creation. cross posted at classtechtips.com Monica Burns is a fifth grade teacher in a 1:1 iPad classroom.

Adobe 42

Adobe Classroom Social Media Common Core 42

Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Oncore - A free to use iPad app for teachers that acts like an all-in-one Learning Management System, where educators can assess students, take attendance, communicate w/ parents, and much more. Ignite Teaching - An excellent free iPad app for Project Based Learning through collaborative digital presentations/projects.

Android 28

Android iPad Game-Based Learning Differentiated Instruction 28

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

Teachers and parents know all this and still, the Literacy Company reports that most teachers in classes of twenty+ students spend only five minutes a day reading, and 46% of American adults cannot understand the label on their prescription medicine. Starfall Free brings that experience to iPads, iPhone, Androids, and Kindle Fire.

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Common Core Android iPhone eBook 150

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

The following year, I wanted to ensure that when students did come to class, they could participate and engage—or at the very minimum—access the content via a class set of iPads. Learn More About Kiddom Academy For Schools: 3 Ways a Company Can Personalize Its Support for Teachers. Apply to Kiddom's Pilot program.

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System Khan Academy EdTech LMS 122

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country. STUDYSYNC ( www.studysync.com ) StudySync now offers over 100 Spanish titles in its digital library.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 73

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This leads to the “innovator’s dilemma,” described recently in The Economist as “the difficult choice an established company faces when it has to choose between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and adopting new business models.”

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). The Common Core State Standards. The Digital Library.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero.

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” The New York Times on The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , an online charter school: “Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Each month, I calculate all the venture capital investment that’s gone into education technology, noting who’s invested, the type of company, and so on. The Common Core State Standards. The Digital Library. It’s from these weekly and monthly reports that I start to build my analysis. Data and Privacy.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” Related via Buzzfeed : “133 Tech Companies Say Trump’s Immigration Order Is Unconstitutional.” The learn-to-code company with the derogatory name has previously raised $730,000.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40