The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

As a result of this webinar and some research of my own, I compiled this list which I hope will serve as a quick menu for you and the teachers at your school to select summer professional development that will help you grow and learn. Social-Emotional Learning. Some students are not yet ready or cannot return to in-person learning.

Course 493

Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 493

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The sweeping new federal education law, and schools’ evolving demands for “personalized learning,” are likely to dramatically alter the work of K-12 district leaders over the next few years, school superintendents heard this week. See also: Personalized Learning: What Companies Need to Know.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Education Policies Learning 40

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

There’s great news out of the recent UNESCO meeting in Paris, where member states unanimously adopted the draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). I want to highlight some of the parts of the Recommendation that caught my eye, reading both from a personal perspective as well as my Lumen perspective.

OER 119

OER Advocacy Resources Accessibility 119

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2018

Meet Next Generation Science Standards. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kathleen McClaskey @khmmc , founder of Making Learning Personal, about personalizing learning. Defining Personal Learning. Kathleen, how would you define personal learning? Opening Graphic. Listen Now.

UDL 186

UDL Learning Personalized Learning Future Ready 186

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2019

As early as Monday morning, students posted photos of word problems asking how many oranges Mickey Mouse has left after Donald Duck absconded with some, and how quickly Spider-Man would meet Homer Simpson if Spidey started swinging from Manhattan at noon and Homer’s Springfield train left the same time going 70 miles per hour. Why stop there?

EdTech 125

EdTech Company iPad Robotics 125

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

“Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

Khan Academy 167

Khan Academy Learning Meeting Company 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Student agency is a top priority at Frederick County Public Schools in Virginia, and it definitely shows in their approach to technology implementation. When Frederick County Public Schools started the shift toward one-to-one learning, they first needed to know what kids were doing online.

Hapara 158

Hapara How To Digital Citizenship Trends 158

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Smithsonian Science for the Classroom, 2 nd Edition, is a high-quality comprehensive science program with life science, earth and space science, physical science and engineering modules developed to meet the * Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). I will definitely use this when doing future STEM projects.”

Elementary 59

Elementary Assessment Learning Company 59

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, acquired the Company in 2018 and will remain a major shareholder. The new investment from Blackstone will enable the Company to further accelerate organic growth initiatives and innovation across its product suite.

Company 59

Company Assessment Software Differentiated Instruction 59

Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2017

For example, companies who do not invest significantly (or at all) in research say they don’t do so because their investors and customers (districts and IHEs) aren’t asking for it. Create a type of “Consumer Reports” for edtech. This does not suit what respondents are interested in.”

EdTech 233

EdTech Guidelines Groups Survey 233

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

Educators argue that too many products don’t actually meet the needs of teachers or students. Why have we failed to harness technology in the service of improving learning experiences for students? In practice, these areas are fraught with challenges. End users are. too often removed from the decision-making process during procurement.

EdTech 117

EdTech iPad Survey Data 117

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I just stepped out of a meeting, actually, with two teachers helping them design a project that we hope will lead to the building of a food truck. Lately, I’ve been looking for personalized learning or competency-based education resources. I quickly evaluate if this is a person or company that’s worth a relationship.

Company 120

Company Conference Trends Outcomes 120

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2021

In a recent Project Tomorrow survey, students said they value educational technology more for the ability to create personalized learning than for the interactivity. Virtual learning works best for some students, but not others. Shiny, new things are definitely out. Professional learning needs are changing too.

Professional Learning 92

Professional Learning Industry Survey Student Engagement 92

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. education technology companies each year for the past three years.

Kaplan 164

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 164

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Authoring is for the folks that really want to create something because they are not finding something to meet their needs. But OER advocates like Allen say the definitions should be simple. Allen: It's one of those cases where definitions really matter. Lang: I really think so, yeah.

OER 136

OER Course Resources Libraries 136

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

Jersey City Public Schools, which only opened for in-person learning at the end of April, long after many other districts, seemed unsafe for learning even before the pandemic. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, virtual learning has worked for her son, who has autism and ADHD. “My She’s also exploring private schools.

Learning 125

Learning Social Media Survey Policies 125

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2022

For those in classrooms and for school leaders, the challenge is how to meet the many needs of educators during this time—social, emotional, intellectual and ethical. And so they start interviewing with companies and organizations that are still connected to education where their background has value. They are good at communication.

Education 188

Education Training Policies System 188

Tech Helpful

MAY 25, 2017

Yesterday morning before heading to the Tennessee STEM Innovation Summit that I am currently attending, I sat in on a meeting where we announced to our middle school that we were going to pilot the LMS Canvas for next year. Digital revolution means meeting individual student needs with more feedback. That is definitely no lie.

EdTech 51

EdTech LMS Analysis Meeting 51

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

I find it baffling that in 2019 I still have to explain why it’s important to play with students, especially when Fortune 500 companies are gamifying their workplace and their customer outreach, profitable gamer-culture on YouTube is on the rise and colleges have eSports teams. The game personifies creativity and collaboration.

Outcomes 167

Outcomes Assistive Technology STEM Mobility 167

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

When edtech companies approach Kara Monroe, they all tout how their product is different from everybody else’s. There’s huge amount of money coming into the edtech market for adaptive learning, personalized learning, competency-based materials, open materials. So much is coming at us,” Monroe says.

Tools 60

Tools Pearson Outcomes Software 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. Department of Education, left the organization this summer. For those unfamiliar with the term, it may seem overly generic and nebulous.

Education 114

Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

Companies, unsurprisingly, are happy to help "prove" their effectiveness by publishing their own studies, sometimes in partnership with third-party research groups, to validate the impact of a product or service. But it’s also up to companies and startups to question their own commissioned research.

Study 60

Study EdTech Tools How To 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

“I took a beating for that,” Dillon admitted, but added it was the right choice because the school was doing a poor job meeting the needs of students. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech for personalized learning to work? There’s no cookie-cutter model for personalized learning. Fast forward to today.

Elementary 67

Elementary Personalized Learning iPad Trends 67

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here. Starting in preschool, teachers try to spot students’ natural talents; by kindergarten, each child’s top strengths appear on a “personalized learning plan,” a new type of report card.

Learning 87

Learning Elementary Report Personalized Learning 87

MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? Personalized learning is the No.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Software 34

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. education system.

EdTech 144

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 144

EdTechTeam

JULY 11, 2018

It should also provide students an opportunity to think about their learning and apply it in the future. According to Fast Company , as adults, students will need to know how to ask for feedback strategically. As the teacher, I can definitely continue to comment on the learning objectives mentioned earlier. Lydia Croupe.

Conference 50

Conference Google Company Classroom 50

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

Its definition of what it means to be “rural” is beyond that which most Americans will ever come to know. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, to learn that Woodman is part of the 6 percent of public school districts that still don’t meet federal connectivity benchmarks. These districts serve 6.5 million students nationwide.

E-rate 53

E-rate Broadband Laptops Company 53

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. In 2013 the Gotham Gazette reported that the iZone had a budget of $47 million.

iLearn 65

iLearn Policies Blended Learning Schoology 65

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2016

Building technology tools to better support student learning. Every young person deserves a school that meets them where they are and helps them develop and reach big goals,” said Stacey Childress, CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund. Cultivating pipelines of diverse senior leaders in education.

Education 40

Education Meeting Strategy Tools 40

Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning." " Yes, today's philanthropic foundations have been pushing another crisis narrative that proposes "personalized learning" is the solution.). Because definitely running two giant planes as a television broadcasting service makes sense.

Education 140

Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

It’s a Willy Wonka meets Disney World type of environment. That would be definitely the way I would describe our student. What I loved about the course was that it was personalized, right out of the gate. Student inquiry-based learning can help students buy into what they’re doing. A very, very cool workspace.

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Course Company Tools Classroom 175

edWeb.net

AUGUST 5, 2022

Student engagement with a product does not equal learning. Part of the selection challenge is limited product information—companies aren’t typically transparent about the theories and practices that shape their learning efficacy claims (usually, data are focused on engagement but not academic outcomes). .);

EdTech 77

EdTech Outcomes Company Comparison 77

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Secondary sessions are held in Zoom meeting rooms with a capacity of 300--if those rooms are full, you'll have to wait for the recording to watch. Educators know that all learners have different abilities and experiences and will respond in unique ways to learning opportunities.

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36