EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

When you focus on your school district’s goals – and not the inherent need to immediately fold the new trend into the classroom – you will likely end up arriving at a solution that not only maximizes your budget, but also aligns with your vision and strategy. . Technologies and inventions that arrive before their time oftentimes fail.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. Tagged on: August 18, 2017 Is classroom technology good for learning or wasting time?

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My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 17, 2018

When students work in several different apps that are based on blockly they are able to transfer lessons learned in one programming environment into another. The fluid use of apps also helps students practice learning. There are many tablet-based programming apps available and there seems to be more every day for both iOS and Android.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Parents and caregivers also showed greater comfort and confidence in supporting their children with math concepts and problem-solving strategies. The randomized Ready To Learn study was based on a sample of 197 children ages 4 to 5 years old, primarily from low-income families, in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 22, 2020

Messages can be sent on the go using a laptop, mobile app or tablet as well, which allows for several ways to connect with others. Zoom claims to be FERPA compliant, but there have been concerns about user data being shared with third-party companies. Remind offers real-time messaging to a group of users or an individual person.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets? DeVonté Trask, 11.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Since the shift to remote learning in spring 2020, schools in the U.S. have received billions of dollars in combined donations and gifts from private companies and individuals. Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, gave $10 million to a single school district in California, aimed at closing digital disparities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

They soon realized that their strategy for letting teachers put together their own math instruction was part of the problem. After months of research and a successful pilot, the district chose enVision to be that core mathematics curriculum because of its rigor, digital learning components, and engaging lessons.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2020

It features strategies to help K-12 IT leaders work with school administrators and teachers to prioritize IT solutions that support innovative digital learning in classrooms. As districts focus on closing the homework gap, IT leaders have another dot to connect–home access,” according to the survey.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. The digital divide has been around as long as technology has, but the move to remote teaching has made it even more apparent.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As CCHS introduced this product to the campus, faculty were able to learn how their teachers wanted to incorporate collaborative experiences using technology and content-driven media that could be delivered in a quick and meaningful manner to hold students’ interest. The company was sold to Jostens, Inc.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

Last year, with funding from the Department of Education’s Institute for Educational Sciences, our company, BrainQuake, spent six months designing, testing and developing an adaptive engine to supply players of our launch product, Wuzzit Trouble, with challenges matched to their current ability level.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 17, 2015

This is the second in a series of posts that examine how schools and districts are planning for and implementing digital learning efforts. With all users as administrators, the overwhelming majority of the approximately 80,000 laptops and tablets were upgraded by their individual users within a couple weeks. August 20, 3 p.m.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. public schools. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

The Guardian headline says , “Secret rightwing strategy to discredit teacher strikes,” but it’s not that secret. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The company sells a tablet for use in prison. ” More via The Atlantic and via NPR.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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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. And “free” doesn’t last. Reader, they were not.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Alphabet was sitting on $94.7

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Alphabet was sitting on $94.7

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