Remove Company Remove Comparison Remove Meeting Remove Workshop
article thumbnail

Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

eSchool News

We were primarily using a reading workshop and balanced literacy model to teach reading. In the spring of 2020, we obtained unlimited licenses for the literacy program, which the company was offering at no charge due to the pandemic, and rostered all of our elementary and middle school students so they could use it at home.

Data 116
article thumbnail

Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

She also uses this for professional development for teachers when she’s preparing to meet them on-site. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you. You could then turn and go on to respond and say, “Teryl, it’s so nice to meet you. Well, guess what, I do too.”.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Failure of Fast Education

Edsurge

Some are day-long or week-long workshops. And most of these programs are compelling because they are relatively affordable (by comparison to traditional degrees), short, and promise a clear path to employment. They’ve presented strategic work to their boss’s boss’s boss, and had the meeting go sideways to the point of shouting.

Education 112
article thumbnail

Making your Life Fun with Gamified Innovations

The Game Agency

They incorporated The Game Agency in 2007 which is one of the leading companies in its field with a view to change the mundane life. When the company began in 2007, there was no IOS app store, social media was in its infancy and gamers just didn’t have a great reputation. Start of the Journey. Introducing the Experts.

article thumbnail

Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

By comparison, so few students made the cut in Puerto Rico in either grade that year that the percentages rounded to zero. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report Federal funds paid for a private company to run an afterschool academic recovery program at El Coquí this school year.

article thumbnail

The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”