Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. My former company, Big Universe ( now acquired ) was a fully-virtual operation. We were small, but often credited for operating like a nimble, large company.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Students can also choose from two additional exercise-focused electives — dance and personal fitness — which for some students can mean a 40-minute exercise period every day. Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Florida Funders Invests In ChalkTalk, Personalized Learning Program for Real-Time Instruction, Designed to Shape The Future of Teaching & Training. Using results from a student placement test, ChalkTalk’s machine-learning software generates a standards-aligned curriculum customized to fit within existing class schedules.

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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. We have learned a lot about how we operate based on the success and participation in each challenge.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person. Learning design is a discipline,” she says.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2019

For venture-backed education companies, the path to sustainability—and profitability—can be full of difficult twists and turns. EdSurge has learned that LearnZillion , a Washington, D.C.-based This is the second round of layoffs for the company in as many years. He adds that the company may not even need to raise more capital.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Four meta-analyses conclude that it’s more effective to teach phonemic awareness with letters, not as an oral-only exercise. In fact, controversies are emerging about an important but less understood aspect of learning to read: phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness has a complicated history. But science evolved.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

SAN MATEO, Calif. — June 12, 2022 — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 13 million students, announced it has acquired Curiosity Media , the creator of innovative language learning platforms that empower people to more effectively communicate in Spanish and English.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But beyond simply imparting knowledge, her team has higher ambitions: to bridge the gap between getting students to merely learn about civics—to actual civic engagement. Often these are assignments, exercises and drills that resemble what one may find in a textbook.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2023

This is making it harder than ever for educators to develop their students’ interests in learning. Swivl , a future-ready edtech company with a suite of reflective tools, is addressing this challenge with its latest offering, Engageable , a real-time attention management tool with embedded mindfulness.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 14, 2023

In short, knowing more than one language is an invaluable asset that can open up countless possibilities for anyone willing to take the time to learn it. If, for instance, you travel to Serbia, it might be a good idea to learn Serbian or at least a few phrases that can be extremely useful when speaking to friendly locals.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. Even so, we’re still a long way from having a mature practice of learning engineering in place.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” Now you need to take time for yourself and go on some learning adventures of your own! Games, Karaoke, Dancing, Exercise, Celebrations, Watch Parties Netflixparty.com Bit.ly/quarantinegamessorted

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 5, 2023

For example, my son who is studying cybersecurity recently told me prompted ChatGPT along these lines: ‘You are the hiring manager for a cybersecurity position at a large company. My son tells me this exercise was incredibly helpful and he plans to do it several more times before having a “real” interview.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — December 7, 2021 — Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, today announced the release of Experience Physics , a brand-new phenomena-driven curriculum that focuses on the student experience through engaging hands-on and virtual inquiry activities.

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Handbook Differentiated Instruction Company Learning 87

Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” Now you need to take time for yourself and go on some learning adventures of your own! Games, Karaoke, Dancing, Exercise, Celebrations, Watch Parties. ” – Ovid.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

MyBuddy, an artificial intelligence-powered English tutoring app, features a friendly robot that guides children through speaking exercises. They’re so cozy, in fact, that the two companies have merged, and MyBuddy.ai As a part of the deal, half of his team—he and two others—will join the new parent company.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

At a time of major change at educational software and assessments provider Renaissance Learning executives decided to add one more item to their to-do list. The company had bought the myON digital reading platform that March to beef up their company’s literacy offerings. Two years later, the company raised $5.3

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2024

Learn how to set boundaries, embrace self-care, and manage your mindset to transform stress into strength. Listen to today's show to take care of yourselves, educators, and learn the mindsets to help you enjoy teaching even when it is stressful. And so through that, I have learned to manage my mind and it has been life-changing.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Dewdney uses breathing exercises in the classroom as one way to foster a sense of calm.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. According to Urdan, language learning in the U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Providing courses to companies, and adults not enrolled in a full-time degree program, has long been a way for universities to extend their reach (and pockets) beyond the physical lecture hall. Now, as MOOCs have evolved to court professional audiences , so too have MIT’s efforts to harness companies and organizations.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2017

Companies should be able to demonstrate that the product team effectively integrated real-world experiences into developing systems that match with users' needs and capabilities. Most critically, exercise your power to set high expectations for the quality and utility of technology tools. Ask providers whether typical users (e.g.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The tool was supposed to enable teachers to tailor their instruction to individual students’ learning needs, but even the kids who had strong math skills weren’t doing well. But after much trial and error, Utah designed a system to ensure that the money districts spend on ed tech actually benefits students.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 19, 2020

Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning or The 30 Goals Challenge or take a fully accredited online course for graduate credit ( Online Learning Best Practices , Connected Educators or TESOL Methodologies )! This gives teachers the flexibility to engage all learning styles in the classroom. For example, Ms.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 4, 2020

This gives teachers the flexibility to engage all learning styles in the classroom. Learning to code is just one important aspect of computer science. Unplugged activities introduce students to programming through exercises that can be done offline. You may be able to remove devices to help reinforce key concepts.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 3, 2019

We don’t learn deeply from what we skim. We can learn deeply from what we spend mental effort on in the reading process. Here it is helpful to remember that learning is a biological process – the making and strengthening of connections among neurons in the brain into neural networks or maps. Cognition shuts down. Frustrated?

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Learning Smartphone Social Media Exercises 225

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools. It also offers a programming interface where students can do coding exercises and even control bluetooth-connected devices that are integrated with the platform.

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2020

VR and AR will change how we live, work, learn, and interact with each other. This belief caused me to start The Glimpse Group , a diversified VR and AR platform company made up of 9 unique software and services subsidiaries. Related content: 10 reasons to use AR and VR in the classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

For her Schoolzilla company to continue to grow, it needed a larger sales division. based company up for acquisition talks. Schoolzilla, the company perhaps best known for its Mosaic dashboard product, has found a new home with Renaissance Learning , a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. The company claims to service a third of U.S.

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Data Assessment Company Learning 79

The Thinking Stick

JANUARY 8, 2024

This series is sponsored by Money Pickle, learn more about ways to connect with an advisor today: [link] Learn more about our guest: Dr Rina Bajaj is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist with over 17 years of experience within the field of mental health. link] Check out this episode of Shifting Our Schools

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last decade. But the New York-based company had already served 45 million students in more than 190 countries before the pandemic hit. “We A sample project in Codecademy.

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Neo LMS

JULY 7, 2020

It is also the time for us to engage in learning experiences for ourselves as well as provide some options for our students. Finding new ideas and activities, that will not only push us to learn but can help us all with focusing more on self-care, mental health and wellness, is important. Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL).

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2020

As schools and colleges shutter across the world, Khan Academy has seen unprecedented web traffic to its online instructional videos and exercises. But for some for-profit companies, if they’ve never built the fundraising muscle and are now making their products free, I can see how this can be a very difficult time.”

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Khan Academy Education Company Exercises 170

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2020

In this miniseries, EdSurge, with support of Peak State Ventures, talked with four leading female entrepreneurs all building business at the intersection of learning and working. Today more than 3 million employees are eligible for Guild programs through their employers, including those at Walmart, Chipotle and the Walt Disney Company.

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edWeb.net

JULY 29, 2022

Learning and Employment Records (LERs) is an emerging technology that is redefining how job seekers search for the right fit and how employers find people with the right skillsets to meet their needs. A key finding of the report was that fragmentation in data systems prevents people from having agency over their learning and employment data.

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Technology Learning Exercises Data 84

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. Amazing Grace Adkins – my 89 year old learning lab director and the most amazing woman I know. She is our Learning Lab Director here at Westwood Schools. Enhanced Transcript. Vicki: Yeah.

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