Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

Education 215

Education Learning Software Knewton 215

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 What is a “Platform”?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Laurence’s College in Brisbane had just 50 minutes to write up a formative assessment on the representation of robots and artificial intelligence in the movies. To the rescue: the video-streaming and screen-mirroring technology St. Her high school literature students at St. I really needed a quick process.” Sarah Gunn at St.

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Tools Laptops Tablets Video 132

The Principal of Change

JANUARY 31, 2023

It is easy to say, “There is no value for ‘this’ in school,” which can often be a disguise for, “I don’t understand this new technology, so let’s just say it is bad, or pretend it doesn’t exist.” ” But this technology does exist. amongst other things.

Khan Academy 78

Khan Academy Education Google Training 78

eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

EdTech 52

EdTech Digital Divide Education Future Ready 52

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is appealing a lower court’s ruling that it must repay $60 million to the state of Ohio as it cannot document students “attended” its online charter school. Immigration and Education.

MOOC 57

MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? At every step, they involve the developers so the companies understand Broward’s expectations and why the team made its final decision. Howard and Noakes: Howard encouraged educators to ask for documented and validated positive learning outcomes with actual kids.

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EdTech LMS Robotics Training 40

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

He noted that this approach, which tracks and documents successes and failures, might yield to more results than anecdotal experimentation done by classroom teachers in the past. His team plans to pursue longitudinal studies looking at students who do well in particular models and those who do not. For us, it’s really about enabling learning.”

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EdTech Microsoft Conference Outcomes 88

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. has joined the ENA family of companies.

Tools 54

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 54

eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

EdTech 40

EdTech Digital Divide Education Future Ready 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

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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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Shawn Caine, who teaches technology at Panguitch High School in Garfield County, Utah, lets students who don’t have adequate home internet service get online in her classroom before and after school. Tom Rolfes, education IT manager for the Nebraska Information Technology Commission. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Much of the funding for this educational experiment came from philanthropies set up by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who made their money from technology and have argued that introducing more of it in classrooms can transform the education system. I think people still see the need, but they don’t know the right way to get there.”.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It may be the biggest question in college edtech during the pandemic: Should tests be allowed to robotically watch students? Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. The issue involves so-called automated proctoring services.

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ProctorU Company Robotics Tools 217

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Companies are investing in immersive technologies. What are immersive technologies? We can inspire our communities to use affordable emerging technologies to create communication products and stories using AR/VR/MR. 2018) Learning Transported , International Society for Technology in Education. Dresang, E.

Trends 42

Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Kathy Schrock

JANUARY 1, 2017

Within the broad field of amateur radio, the inclusion of electronic circuits, transistors, filters, amplifiers, signal processing, study of the ionosphere, solar weather, communications systems, unit conversions, prototyping, and CAD design targets the physical sciences, earth and space sciences, engineering technology, and mathematics.

Classroom 40

Classroom Elementary Robotics Chromebook 40

RafranzDavis.com

JULY 10, 2016

This was a perfect start for me as a graduate from a program that empowered us to be creators of experiences instead of taking on the robotic like lens that many first year teachers were forced to do. Don’t even get me started on training…especially technology training. You’re killing me smalls.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Training System Robotics 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

This is part ten of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Perhaps it’s no surprise that there was so much talk this year about education, technology, and emotional health. I mean, 2017 really sucked, and we’re all feeling it. ” An ed-tech trend in the making, investors hope.

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. announced the U.S.

Tools 60

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 60

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2023

It's borrowed from software development, but now lots of different companies across industry use it, and it's more task-focused and deliverable-focused than it is focused on individuals doing their roles. When I think of group work, just like you mentioned, I think of a teacher saying, “Put yourselves into groups and figure out your roles.”

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Groups Robotics Google Report 148

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ALMA START ( www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies launched an enrollment and admissions management tool called Alma Start. BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets.

Epson 53

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 53

EdNews Daily

JUNE 22, 2019

Digital/digitized elements (such as documents, video, e-books, lesson plans) . Project based hybrids, such as software to run a robot, science instruments, and calculators . Consider as well that good ed-tech companies will utilize conferences to announce improvements for their tools and train teachers on their use.

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LMS Software Student Data Privacy Policies 133

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. Our students are children of technology and the web.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A key conversation focuses on weighing its benefits versus risks, and many education institutions have been quick to implement bans on the technology altogether for fears of plagiarism in written works. As technology continues to evolve, the education industry has immense opportunities to harness these new applications.

Education 52

Education Industry Company Exercises 52

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton, in a wide-ranging technology plan outlined at a Denver campaign stop today, proposed student loan deferment for startup founders, and connectivity to high-speed internet in every American household by 2020. Grow American technology exports , in part by advancing Export Control Reform , pursuing policies to protect U.S.

STEM 64

STEM Data Company Policies 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Via ProPublica : “What We Discovered During a Year of Documenting Hate.” “Best Online Classes for Job Skills ,” according to MIT Technology Review. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The peer feedback company has raised $1.89 But here it is, nonetheless. ” Go, School Sports Team!

OER 44

OER Education Robotics LMS 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The company said that the Department of Education’s decision to bar it from federal financial aid forced it to do so. Employees claim they were not notified that the company would be closing. 8 filed by three former University of Oregon basketball players last year court documents show. ITT has closed its doors.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. In December 2012 – we all remember 2012 right? I use the verb “summoned” deliberately. And I thought “like hell I will.” Thrun “drove.”

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” This is the Center for Humane Technology , which had a big PR push this week, with articles in Edsurge and Education Week. ” “ Facebook ’s app for kids should freak parents out,” says MIT Technology Review.

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via the MIT Technology Review : “ Walmart will use VR headsets to train all its US employees.” ” “ University of Oregon to Launch Coding Bootcamp,” says the Campus Technology headline. Contests and Awards.

Education 58

Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“The 72 OSERS Documents Rescinded by Betsy deVos ” – by Liz Ditz. No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). ” Via Campus Technology : “ Southern New Hampshire U to launch Competency-Based Master’s in Online Ed.”

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MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Sandler is also the founder of the ed-tech company Nibletz. ” I’m putting this story here as it discusses VCs’ willingness to continue to invest in Mike Cagney , the former head of the student loan company SoFi.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

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.” ” Sigh.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Columbia U Opens Research Center Devoted to Blockchain Tech.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “New documents show what KIPP told Mike Feinberg leading up to his firing.” million total.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Looks like she just recycled an Obama-era document that the FTC put out. Via the BBC : “The man hired to run the Student Loans Company was appointed against officials’ advice and without having his references checked, a report says.”

Education 42

Education Company Robotics Report 42

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Politico : “ Success Academy documents point to ‘possible cheating’ among challenges.” The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52