eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

“By partnering with TeachingBooks and Sora, we’re bringing free, ready-to-teach literacy lessons to teachers and learners, furthering Pear Deck’s mission to create powerful learning moments for every student, every day,” said Stacy Yung, a former teacher and Senior Instructional Designer at GoGuardian, parent company of Pear Deck.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

“The latest addition to EasyTech is designed to help both teachers and students navigate online learning this year, ensuring they are able to reap all of the benefits that online tools can provide,” said Keith Oelrich, CEO at Learning.com. “A Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with one in six U.S.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2019

Companies are creating technology-based products specifically for the classroom, and many schools and institutions are requiring students to use tablets or computers for their assignments. In fact, according to EdTech Magazine , 63% of K-12 teachers report using technology in their classrooms daily.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

He has been writing for The Chronicle of Higher Education for more than 20 years, most recently as a monthly teaching columnist, and he has bylines in popular publications including the Boston Globe and Time magazine. So we have to be aware of the fact that we’re in a period in which there are acute challenges to our attention.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 3, 2019

But don’t we all do skim reading at times, even with a magazine, a newspaper, or a textbook? Betsy Hill is President of BrainWare Learning Company , a provider of cognitive literacy solutions. There seems to be evidence that reading on a screen promotes this “light” version of reading.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Udacity is one of the few edtech companies to gain “unicorn” status, meaning it is valued by investors at over $1 billion. Is the company a new kind of (unaccredited) university? These days the company does a little bit of all those things, but it doesn’t fit neatly into any of the categories. A publisher?

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MindShift

MARCH 25, 2020

With editions for grades 3 – 4 and 5 – 6 , the magazine addressed government response to the pandemic, school responses and the economic impact. Already a classroom mainstay for studying current events, the March 20, 2020 issues of TIME for Kids took a deep dive on coronavirus. Coronavirus video and lesson plan by BrainPop.

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Adam Welcome

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Like I'm the one who started this digital revolution as a way to enhance the curriculum in school. Just yesterday I was reading an article from Inc magazine about coding skills and how they are so desperately needed for so many different reasons - read the article here but see some highlights below! Coding requires working in teams.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Speakers from Newsela, New Market Venture Partners and Academic Business Advisors open up about how the lightning-fast pace of edtech development requires companies to produce evidence for schools in a shortened time frame. Here’s his look at the five major trends impacting these companies—and why countries are launching their own platforms.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For the opening general session on March 12, keynote speaker Tom Vander Ark, author of Getting Smart: How Digital Learning is Changing the World , will explore how best to design learning to fit this age of technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Crystal Marshall-Krauss @crystalmmarshal , Digital Learning Innovation and Design Resource Teacher from Maryland. They will have a curated list of online and digital content. We call those their personalized learning “bytes.”. Now this is not a company you bought this from.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2018

Companies continue to explore the possibilities of education through robotics , like IBM’s Project Debater , which recently held its own against established human debaters over complex topics including income tax and antibiotics in food. public sector director of education, in the report.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

Teachers, students and parents report that they see great advantage to digital learning. D2L currently serves learners in 50 countries, and the company’s track record of innovation has been widely recognized. Brightspace Excellence Integrations and Extensibility Award Winner.

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MindShift

JUNE 22, 2016

In addition to highlighting some of her favorite digital learning tools, Luhtala called on her professional learning community to recommend their favorite learning apps. Bloxels : This new game creation app is made by the same company that makes Pixel Floor Press and the two products are compatible.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft. In recognition for their ground-breaking work in Boston, Nigel and Chris Osgood were both named Public Officials of the year in 2011 by Governing Magazine. He holds an M.Ed

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edWeb.net

JULY 12, 2022

The variety—including magazines—also helps make sure that there is something of high interest to all students. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, “ How One District Systematically Integrated Digital Books into Classrooms and Independent Reading ,” sponsored by Sora from OverDrive Education. Join the Community.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection. EdWeb – Check out these amazing articles and resources that will fit into wonderful learning opportunities for teachers and students. Most of the cable companies are providing free access, but parents might need education about these opportunities.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2016

New online marketplace destination to discover, share and sell digital learning tools and teacher-created content now live. More resources, applications and sellers will be added daily.

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edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, schools defaulted to online learning. Even though many had been using technology in the classroom, they were not ready for the full-on virtual digital learning environment COVID demanded. Student engagement suffered. Metropolitan Area (DMV) in both 2014 and 2015. Join the Community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Jaime serves on the Science Foundation Arizona Board of Directors, on the Board of Directors for New Global Citizens, is a member of the Digital Learning Council, and a member of the South by Southwest EDU advisory Board. She teaches ICT from grade 3 through to year 12 at Hawkesdale P12 College, a small rural prep to year 12 school.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Endless Network , a worldwide organization dedicated to tackling equity gaps resulting from challenges like insufficient internet access, strategically allocates investments in global companies that align with their mission and actively work toward achieving it. Over the last 15 years, its commercial arm, Raspberry Pi Ltd.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2017

According to Philanthropy magazine in spring 2013, DeVos serves as chairman of the Windquest Group—a privately held, multi-company operating group that invests in technology, manufacturing, and clean energy—which she founded with her husband in 1989. Here’s What We Know. She invests in technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

But my dad ran a little grocery store, and when I’d visit him at work, I’d crouch by the magazine rack and surreptitiously flip my way through as many as possible. Just call your credit card company and ask for an extension on your line of credit, instructors purportedly told students. We can act.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” “ State educational technology directors have outlined ambitious targets for increasing school bandwidth capacity in an effort to support digital learning and bridge the technology divide that exists in schools and in students’ homes,” says Education Week. ” The company in question: edX.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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