Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 16, 2016

As an online learning tool, Listen Current fits well into blended learning, but I wanted to learn more about how schools are adopting it and how we as a company can be more attractive to schools using blended learning. This is where new ed-tech companies can come into the picture. Recently I was invited by the Natick, Mass.

Blended Learning 220

Blended Learning Knewton Learning Company 220

Education Elements

MAY 13, 2015

Last week, 225 personalized learning leaders descended on Silicon Valley for the Education Elements PL Summit, which included visits to schools and businesses, and dynamic discussions about personalized learning at the San Jose TECH museum.

Education Elements 100

Education Elements Personalized Learning Company Learning 100

Education Elements

OCTOBER 7, 2020

At the core of innovation in companies leading the way in developing solutions for the future is a Research and Development team, more commonly known as R&D. Companies leverage R&D for the following primary goals : This is where insight and inspiration are translated into creative and impactful solutions.

Company 278

Company 278

Education Elements

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

As a company, I can say that Education Elements will be changing the way we think about our partnerships and what these districts really value from our relationship. Outside of changes to our company, I predict 2017 will bring five major changes to education as a whole.

Education 100

Education Education Elements Company Personalized Learning 100

Education Elements

MAY 17, 2018

Innovation often requires leading, not following, in technology advancement. I was involved in two important decisions in 2007 while serving as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at Maine Township High School District 20 in Illinois.

Company 102

Company EdTech Technology Learning 102

Education Elements

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Erica Williams Simon, founder of Snapchat’s Creator’s Lab and one of my favorite millennials on a mission, wrote in this tweet that the best career advice she can give is to never attach yourself to a person, place, company, or project, but rather a mission, a calling, or a purpose.

EdTech 222

EdTech Policies Company 222

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements, argues that he can’t make promises about academic results. “Of Take Fulton County School District, in Georgia. Probably not,” says Kim, in an interview with EdSurge.

Personalized Learning 126

Personalized Learning Education Elements Learning Outcomes 126

Education Elements

JULY 28, 2020

If you are feeling afraid and overwhelmed, you are in good company. After a spring spent in crisis triage mode and a tumultuous summer filled with political and social unrest, there haven't been many opportunities to recharge our batteries and reflect in the ways that we may have in past years. If you are feeling tired, you are not alone.

Company 181

Company 181

Education Elements

AUGUST 14, 2019

Last year, a group of educators sat down with engineers from a well-known technology company. The first question the educators asked was what the engineers look for in potential candidates. Adaptability was their immediate response.

Secondary 195

Secondary Personalized Learning How To Learning 195

Education Elements

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In a 2018 study conducted by TINYPulse, a company specializing in employee engagement, it was reported that the top 5 reasons employees choose to leave their jobs are: poor performance management, lack of recognition, feeling overworked, company culture isn’t a priority, and lack of growth opportunities.

Company 107

Company Study Report 107

PlagiarismCheck

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Multicultural festivals and fairs, along with educational elements introduced during the lessons, are named among the best solutions for confronting diversity issues. Giving the students the stage for self-expression and educating them on our differences from an early age can be the key to a more tolerant and accepting society.

Education 52

Education Education Elements System Company 52

Education Elements

MARCH 11, 2020

Many of you know Netflix as the first company to ship a DVD straight to your home (my mom still loyally queues up movies to be delivered to her Oregon home every week). I had the opportunity to attend a webinar with Lynn Carter, Director of Talent Acquisition at Netflix.

Company 130

Company Learning 130

Education Elements

MARCH 11, 2020

Many of you know Netflix as the first company to ship a DVD straight to your home (my mom still loyally queues up movies to be delivered to her Oregon home every week). I had the opportunity to attend a webinar with Lynn Carter, Director of Talent Acquisition at Netflix.

Company 130

Company Learning 130

Education Elements

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It is only somewhat by choice – we are doing a company-wide meditation challenge and I am usually up for competitions, especially when they get me out of my comfort zone. Lately I have been meditating.

Company 106

Company Course Education Elements How To 106

Education Elements

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The philosophies and strategies of the Coca-Cola Company played a large role in our upbringing and now shape our work as leaders of personalized learning. Interestingly enough, for both of us, that’s actually true. Both of our fathers worked for Coca-Cola for the majority of their careers.

Personalized Learning 223

Personalized Learning Learning Company Strategy 223

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Noah Dougherty, a senior design principal at the education consulting firm Education Elements, wrote in a blog post last week that “the biggest shift virtual learning requires is flexibility and a recognition that the controlled structure of a school is not replicable online.” BrainPop, Kahoot!,

Broadband 145

Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

Education Elements

MAY 28, 2019

The past few months leading up to my big day & honeymoon have been spent on wedding planning (no wedding planner) and moving into a new place as a couple (consolidating two people’s life belongings into a 600-sq ft apartment is not an overnight task), while working at a hyper-growth company called Anaplan (which I am not yet a full year into).

Laptops 136

Laptops Company 136

Education Elements

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As a former superintendent and now consultant for a small startup tech company, I have experienced both sides of hiring a third party vendor. I have hired consulting firms and edtech vendors as a superintendent, and as a consultant, I have partnered with schools to employ a technology platform for growth and reflection.

EdTech 112

EdTech Company Technology 112

Education Elements

DECEMBER 28, 2016

I consider myself a serial intrapreneur because I constantly look for ways to encourage innovation at every company I am in. I’ve seen time and again what giving people ownership can do for results, be it in a private company, public utility, or school district.

Company 104

Company Education 104

Education Elements

AUGUST 14, 2018

If Blockbuster was still around today, and you had to take out your life savings and invest in that company or Netflix, which one would you choose? The answer is obvious. But what about five years ago? Ten years ago?

Company 100

Company 100

Education Elements

AUGUST 14, 2018

If Blockbuster was still around today, and you had to take out your life savings and invest in that company or Netflix, which one would you choose? The answer is obvious. But what about five years ago? Ten years ago?

Company 100

Company 100

Education Elements

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since we are in the business of building strong responsive habits in schools and districts, we practice habit-building through company-wide monthly challenges. How could we apply this concept to a greater philosophy of change management? It became my mission to find out!

Exercises 106

Exercises Company Learning 106

Education Elements

APRIL 25, 2018

Yet an even higher percentage of school leaders still have valid concerns with how technology companies collect data and influence what and how we teach students.

Data 111

Data Survey Company Technology 111

Education Elements

JUNE 27, 2018

Our company is known for having a unique organizational culture. We have eliminated the traditional organizational hierarchy of direct managers; we employ a self-organizing team structure; and if you attended this year’s Personalized Learning Summit, you know we also view trivia and dancing to 80’s music as valuable team-building time.

Education 102

Education Company Personalized Learning Resources 102

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

As Education Elements has worked with districts across the country, we’ve found a few simple guidelines can help make the visioning process invigorating and inspiring rather than routine or frustrating. Long, awkward silences may follow periods of disagreement. It doesn’t have to be this way.

How To 75

How To Personalized Learning Education Elements Differentiated Instruction 75

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

As Education Elements has worked with districts across the country, we’ve found a few simple guidelines can help make the visioning process invigorating and inspiring rather than routine or frustrating. Long, awkward silences may follow periods of disagreement. It doesn’t have to be this way.

How To 73

How To Personalized Learning Education Elements Differentiated Instruction 73

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

NAPCO’s adaptive motion detection equipment automatically selects the appropriate mode in order to optimize intruder catch and reduce false alarms, according to the company. HISD, the seventh largest K-12 school district in the United States, has secured a bond that would fund considerable spending on upgrading its security needs.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Skyward Trends Android 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Prior to launching the nonprofit organization, both co-founders worked together at Education Elements , consulting with districts around designing and implementing blended learning models. In 2013, they began this work by supporting the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with components of the Next Generation Systems Initiative (NGSI).

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Learning Education Elements Elementary 60

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

But in recent years, we've seen a spike in the number of smaller, tightly focused, niche edtech product companies. We hired an outside consultant -- Education Elements -- who specializes in, and works with our teachers on, the pedagogical aspects of personalized learning models (i.e. blended learning).

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Uncover solutions for educators and students with a Google for Education event. You can also attend the Education Elements Summit , which brings together a diverse community of school leaders, researchers, designers, and more. You can also discuss classroom use and benefits with the developers of new digital tools.

Technology 230

Technology Education Laptops EdTech 230

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, School Improvement: Built on a Foundation of “Knowing What Works ,” sponsored by Education Elements, a Scholarus Learning Company. and, “What we do is important!”

Strategy 88

Strategy Survey Data Outcomes 88

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. ” “ Delta Career Education Corporation , a privately held for-profit college company, is phasing out seven of its campuses,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Vemo Education has raised $7.4

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

” WeWork, an eight-year-old company that has raised almost $7 billion in funding, has committed to pay some $18 billion in rent. And some related humor from McSweeney’s : “Quick Facts About the Silicon Valley Microschool That’s Disrupting Education.”). ” Venture Capital and the Business of Education.

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44