The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

It’s the percentage of students around the whole who lack consistent internet connectivity—and access to many of the tools and online courseware that some have hailed as the solution to education gaps. Rather than waiting for the internet to come to learners around the world, the education nonprofit based out of La Jolla, Calif.,

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

We’ve heard from educators how overwhelming it can be to wade through the dozens of emails and articles with hundreds of “great apps for distance learning” from people and companies that possibly have their interests -- and not yours -- in mind. Elementary Math and Science Khan Academy Kids.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic. So far, the digital learning plans have been a boon to educators looking for advice.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

We created a list of the best tools for flipped classrooms for K-12 grades, including screen recording tools, tools, interactive whiteboard educational apps, software to create interactive lessons and videos, apps for communicating, creating a PowerPoint presentation, and ready-to-use video content resources. Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2016

Earlier this year, the White House unveiled the “CS for All” initiative, which provides over $4 billion in funding to expand and support K-12 computer science education. Code.org , Khan Academy , Codeacademy , and other educational organizations and companies feature special Hour of Code tutorials on their sites.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Best Free Traditional Math Tool: Khan Academy Kids. Khan Academy Kids is a free math learning tool that teaches kids from age two to seven years a variety of topics, including math, writing, problem-solving, and language learning. Each child learns at their pace and uses the library collection independently.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Teachers and the Future of Education" (the importance of teacher voice in education discussions, "Hack Your Education" (thinking about self-directed learning--Audrey''s in this proposal), and "Technology, Pedagogy, and the Silver Bullet" (addressing the myopia of some ed tech business ventures). The Classroom 2.0 show is back!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

However, if you want to sign up for Edpuzzle, use this link as it will give your school access to the 50,000 curated video library on Edpuzzle. Keith Hughes is an educator, YouTuber and innovator in the field of technology and education. Our sponsors have no impact on the content of the show. But I also can track that data.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

For context, we need to go a little father back, to the piece last week on Wired– The Techies Who Are Hacking Education by Homeschooling Their Kids –that is getting a lot of run on twitter recently. The cost of starting a company has gone down because there are online tools you can use for free. Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Nearly ten years ago, I started my career in education as a math teacher at a new alternative high school serving over-age, under-credited youth in New York City. If we, the educators, were going to serve our students well, we were going to have to get pedagogically creative. Learn more about Kiddom Academy.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I began to think about the 15 years in education and my various experiences. As an educator in this digital age, that’s one of my biggest challenges. As educators, we need to embrace this reality, and allow our classroom learning experiences to mimic what our students encounter everyday. Youtube is the 2nd largest search engine.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

The days of raising tens of millions in venture capital before making a cent in revenue are not over for the education technology industry. But the company has kept mum on specifics to everyone else, only sharing that it’s seen “viral growth across hundreds of thousands” of U.S. Khosla Ventures also chipped in to the round.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

. “We couldn’t afford to have an individual teacher for every student, so we developed a way of teaching large groups,” as John Pane, an education researcher at the RAND Corporation, puts it. Competency-based education. Two examples are McGraw Hill’s ALEKS and Khan Academy. Drew Lytle for NPR ).

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edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

The answer to these questions is yes, so said educational leaders and edtech specialists in an edLeader Panel, sponsored by Gaggle and CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate. Educational leaders and teachers have improved processes to improve instruction, learning and institutional systems. It’s said that COVID has changed education forever.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Our Learning Revolution FREE educational conferences had 100,000 attendee log-ins last year.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 6, 2020

Educator Profile: Kalyan Ray-Mazumder is Acting the Part of a Lifetime. When Kalyan Ray-Mazumder graduated from Yale in 2012, he wanted to work in two career paths: acting and education. He was determined to find a way to build a company that could democratize test prep access. Think Khan Academy meets Saturday Night Live.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Colleges Find Few Reasons to Lobby a Friendlier Education Dept.” ” “Education Dept. ” “Education Dept. More on Candice Jackson ’s resume in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via the Washington Post : “ Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter school that received poor marks from state.” More on Bill Clinton and Laureate Education in the for-profit higher ed section below. Elsewhere in Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts. I love education research.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. The education reform-minded publication The 74 says that “Educators Warn of ‘Devastating’ Consequences for Charter Schools in New GOP Tax Bill.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

(National) Education Politics. The AP interviews US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos , who laments “she didn’t decry racism enough.” ” Via Politico : “New marching orders from Betsy DeVos’ civil rights chief have the Education Department churning through civil rights complaints.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Central Detention Facility, slipping past security checkpoints and into cells where incarcerated residents watch Khan Academy videos and craft their resumes. By Rebecca Koenig From Public School to the Prison System Lopez is now working toward a doctorate in developmental education, but as an undergrad, she majored in theater.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” Via Bloomberg : “ Campus Rape Loses Special Status in Trump’s Education Department.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. More via The Hill and via the Department of Education’s press office. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the mammoth review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Via NPR : “A History Of The Department Of Education.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The pity Carey has for those who can’t tell the difference between George Washington University and Argosy University rings hollow when he says that primary and secondary education programs saw name inflation just by being called teachers colleges rather than normal schools. What is the implied promise? Agents of Accreditation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” ” “ What does Trump’s executive order on education do? ” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Department relaxes financial aid process in the absence of IRS tool.”

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Education Politics. Via The Washington Post : “ Trump ’s first full education budget : Deep cuts to public school programs in pursuit of school choice.” ” Also via WaPo : “Here are K–12 education programs Trump wants to eliminate in 2018 budget.” ” More via Education Week.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Education Politics. Details about the education-related elements of his speech from NPR , The New York Times , Education Week , and The Washington Post. ” More on changing her tune from The Chronicle of Higher Education. ” Here it is: the worst education “take” of the year.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. I’m feeling quite tentative about whether or not the insights that I might be able to glean about the year will have much relevance for the business and politics of education technology under Trump.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Education Politics. “How higher education made President Trump ,” according to Jeffrey Selingo. ” Via Education Week : “ Undocumented Teachers Shielded by DACA in Legal and Emotional Limbo.” The list says a lot about his education priorities.” ” More via WaPo and Buzzfeed.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Marcus to serve as Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in fifty years, “there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them”? Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten? last year to 63.3%

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. ” Many educators were angered , insisting that this wasn’t their fault. I get that.

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