eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report launched last week at an event in Montevideo, Uruguay, hosted by UNESCO, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay and Ceibal Foundation with 18 ministers of education from around the world. Using technology can improve some types of learning in some contexts. Is it equitable?

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. But educators who want to make sure they reach every student don’t have to resort to mailing printed worksheets. Of course, these programs may take significant time to develop.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six. About Cengage and Gale.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 16, 2020

The school, in turn, cannot turn its back on this new reality, but must incorporate educational technology into pedagogical practices. During these years, the development of educational technological solutions has proved to be extremely efficient in supporting school management and the teaching-learning process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Wouldn’t you love to experiment with 5G on your smartphone or play with Samsung’s foldable phone? App developers can work for software companies, retailers, in healthcare, in the travel industry, for the entertainment industry, or in financial services. MS and HS; free (with restrictions); fee (for education accounts).

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Raised on quick responses from smartphones, social media, instant messaging and immediate-access entertainment sites, today’s students live in an on-demand world. On the opposite end of the inconvenience spectrum are companies who have honed their customer service through thousands of interactions to create enterprise level support.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

As I ask Maria Bot questions, Barry taps a button on his smartphone to cue her to listen. Educating an android happens one conversation at a time. Such circumstances, he writes, will require that “education be considered a lifelong activity.” Maria Bot appears to endure it earnestly. “Dr.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

In response, OverDrive Education is offering the most expansive Sora Sweet Reads summer reading program yet, May 4–August 17. In its ninth year, this free program is designed to help educators and students beat the “summer slide” with popular digital reading materials through the award-winning Sora student reading app.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Students can quickly report safety concerns directly through their Vector LiveSafe smartphone app – anything from bullying, to concerns about a friend or classmate’s mental health, to an emergency situation. About Vector Solutions for K-12 Education. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They provide a wealth of rugged, inquiry-based products to educators in more than 100 countries around the world. can of soda, and smart enough to automatically sync with your desktop, smartphone, or iPad. Know that I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. Brad is a publisher of education and children's books as well as leads the strategic vision of the organization.

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The Game Agency

MARCH 5, 2019

Is your company ready? They’ve had their entire lives documented; they were practically born with smartphones in their hands. They self-educate, crowd source and are entrepreneurial in spirit. Here are 5 ways to get your company prepared: 1. So, companies must focus on training more and more. Technology.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2016

Code, the language of our digital world, is used to build all the websites, computer software, and smartphone apps that benefit practically every industry and occupation. 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.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

13, 2018 – Learning Upgrade , an innovative edtech company providing digital, differentiated literacy and math curriculum designed to support adult learners to create learning breakthroughs, today announced that it has launched math courses for the General Educational Development (GED ) test and the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET).

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

PreK On My Way , Designed in Collaboration with UTHealth’s Children’s Learning Institute and Yale Child Study Center, Brings Together the Latest Early Childhood Education Research in Language, Literacy, Math, and Social-Emotional Development. of the Yale Child Study Center; and Jie-Qi Chen, Ph.D. , of the Erikson Institute.

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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. Doceri For iPad.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

A major online marketplace for free and fee-based teaching resources, which also serves as a network for millions of educators globally, has announced a partnership that will bring Google’s educational resources aboard its website. Previously, educators had to apply to become “Google Pioneers” to access the software.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

But not everything stayed consistent; 2015 countdown featured three math tools, while 2016 seems to have been the year of search engines and open educational resources, as indicated below. Lab 4 Physics — Turn your smartphone into a sensor for physics experiments. (Not a surprise—it happened in 2014 and 2013 , too.)

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Veative

JUNE 14, 2018

With educator tools like Virtual Reality entering the classroom, education continues to undergo a pedagogical shift where the focus is turned towards bringing students to the center of learning. When it comes to virtual reality in education , the biggest factor is always about the content which is to be used in the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2016

A big move into education, Amazon edges out OverDrive to capture NYC e-book contract. The e-books will be readable on e-readers, tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices. “We look forward to working closely with the NYC DOE to serve the educational needs of their students.”

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

Learning Upgrade, headquartered in San Diego, CA, is one of five finalists announced at the 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, and awarded $100,000 for advancing. “We Our next challenge is to scale up to serve millions of learners and change lives around the world.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

Higher Education. Schell, whose company is developing a virtual chemistry lab, sees parallels between the early days of computers and virtual reality now. When computers were first introduced in the classroom, some educators complained that they were too expensive, no one else was using them or there wasn’t enough software.

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MindShift

APRIL 8, 2020

When her middle school opened for a few minutes the next day, the seventh grade English teacher and creator of the Global Read-Aloud grabbed all the books she could from her classroom library, before the school closed for the foreseeable future. . But some educators may want to do more. Making an online read-aloud worth watching .

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

Keep reading to learn about 10 ways that companies are benefiting from remote work or visit our home office solutions page for more valuable insights into remote and hybrid work. For example, many companies allow employees to use their own computers and smartphones, which greatly reduces associated costs.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“Last year I thought about it a lot because as a junior you start to realize how fast things are going,” she said in the library, otherwise empty but for students playing cards. Fewer than one in five children of parents without higher educations end up getting degrees. Only later did he become an educator.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home. The broadband expansion is supported by the managers of the existing network, and the plan’s backers could tap multiple statewide funding sources for education technology.

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edWeb.net

JULY 10, 2018

Digital educational materials have provided many benefits for K-12 educators and students from computer adaptive assessments to tools that allow students to collaborate and communicate 24/7. First, many programs have different protocols for creating login information, causing students and educators endless frustration.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

Ideally professors need a way to synch attendance with an automatic mobile alert for students and have the option to quickly choose retention strategies differentiated for each learner’s specific on-campus needs (ex: a list of today’s available tutoring sessions, or upcoming MLA Citation workshops at the library).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2015

Besides iPads and Chromebooks and a plethora of free websites that enable students to collaborate, share and publish, education’s tech explosion has resulted in a wide (and increasing) variety of tools that extend the teachers reach, making it easier to differentiate for the varied needs of students even in a busy classroom. Conclusion.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Online meetings have become critical to many companies’ collaboration strategies. Move a company more effectively towards its goals . Below are some of the main reasons companies are using video conferencing more than ever before: . far outweighs the expense of a VC system that can be used by the entire company. .

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

In addition, ABC Mouse has shared releases and updates for ABCmouse Mastering Math, Digital Library Experience, Standards-Aligned Collections, A New Teacher Experience, and the ABCmouse Ambassador Program. has joined the ENA family of companies. The merger will create a $120-million nonprofit organization with 500 employees.

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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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Reading By Example

AUGUST 2, 2015

One of the most pervasive myths about the benefits of technology in education, and learning in general, is the need for digital tools to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. What didn’t make the cut: My laptop, my smartphone, and anything school-related. Like a drug, my wife’s smartphone was the provider.

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MindShift

JUNE 22, 2016

These educators are paying attention to their own working habits, as well as those of students, to figure out which technology products and trends are here to stay. Michelle Luhtala , a school librarian in New Canaan, Connecticut, has noticed that much of her own work has transitioned from the computer to her smartphone.

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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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MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up here for our higher-education newsletter. Only later did he become an educator. NEWARK, Calif. — No one in her family has ever gotten a degree. She never took the ACT or SAT.

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