Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Founding a company based on research results. The idea behind my company, Legends of Learning , was that a unique approach to game based learning—short, simple edgames specially built and aligned to curriculum standards—would engage and teach students more effectively. Oregon Trail —The original edgame.

Game-Based Learning 143

Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study 143

MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

showed her students the 2016 documentary Before the Flood , featuring Leonardo diCaprio journeying to five continents and the Arctic to see the effects of climate change. “It is our intention to make our students engaged citizens,” Fisher says. Before the Flood has an action page and an associated curriculum.

Classroom 50

Classroom Resources Common Core Study 50

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2016

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. Does its design and layout make students want to accomplish the goals of the program?

Tools 150

Tools Mobility Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As the CEO of Listenwise , a listening skill-building company, and the host of the Student Podcast PODCAST , I am seeing the podcasting landscape in education explode. We are on the forefront of an exciting time when audio can bring the world into the classroom, and students can use audio to share what they know with the world.

Trends 125

Trends Common Core Assessment Smartphone 125

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

The designers behind Quest to Learn believe that student engagement is so significantly enhanced by narrative role-play, analog games and digital games that every subject — from health to math — begins or ends with a game. But what does a beehive or a lemon tree have to do with any of that?

Learning 28

Learning Laptops Report Analysis 28

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

In addition to fulfilling Common Core requirements, assignments are designed to help students learn critical thinking and workplace skills. Students engaged in a group history project, for example, might need to demonstrate that they have learned to collaborate and investigate. 442, teachers said.

Learning 107

Learning Common Core System Groups 107

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Teachers are also given access to a dashboard with tools to launch, pause, and resume games—as well as view the progress of each student in real time. Before launching Legends of Learning, company founder Dr. Vadim Polikov worked with Vanderbilt University’s. Dr. Douglas Clark , Professor of the Learning Sciences and Science Education.

Classroom 103

Classroom Game-Based Learning Laptops Tablets 103

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country. The video is part of Impero’s work to support schools in keeping students safe online and promoting good digital citizenship. TCI BRING SCIENCE ALIVE! for middle school.

Tools 71

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

McIntosh asked, prompting students to draw lessons from the comic books in front of them. Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. The school’s most recent rating from the Arizona Department of Education is an F, due to below-average student growth and achievement.

Learning 123

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Companies like Kaltura, Panopto and Warpwire battled through the year for market share. This will likely have a significant impact on the K-12 landscape for the next four years when it comes to charter schools, Title programs, and common core standards. Conferences ran streaming video events. And it has.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. ” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. is disappointed in Common Core.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40