ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It can deliver greater immersive learning for students while also creating some new and exciting teaching opportunities. For educators, it is crucial to not only understand what the metaverse is and its uses within education but to also realize the benefits of immersive learning with the metaverse.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

But the reality is also that we’re going to have to prepare for a fall that – whatever it looks like – will include an online learning component. Even if we go back to face-to-face learning, we will all have to be prepared to teach online, and the best way to do this is to first educate ourselves with research and pedagogy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

What that metaverse will look like is still a bit vague, but the company gave some hints in prepared statements and in an hour-long video it released. In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion. Imagine learning how the forum was built by actually watching the forum get built right in front of you.”

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2020

For companies that target teachers, this is a good time to do some contingency planning as well—to be ready to assist educators no matter what scenario they find themselves in come fall. Companies that provide this assistance to teachers directly will be rich in prospects.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

. – The Social Institute today announced Chris Valada has joined the company as Head of New Partnerships, leading a team of representatives from across the country to bring positive social media and tech education to more schools. Valada spent his career in EdTech sales and has worked across K-12 and Higher Ed. .

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. While some institutions have tried to punt responsibility for the accessibility of digital tools to the companies that produce them, that reasoning hasn’t persuaded federal agencies or judges.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

It seems schools haven’t taught students how — or why — to keep personal information safe. McAfee found that that only 36 percent of students said that they learned about personal data safety through school resources. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2019

The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. In addition to negative commentary, Knowles acknowledged other challenges to adopting social media for education. Finally, for some there is a social-emotional toll.

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Tech Helpful

APRIL 5, 2018

This means that access to information, images, and relationships that can be both uplifting and demoralizing is at our fingertips as well. Recently I attended an e-parenting workshop at a local school here in Chattanooga and the speaker shared a great social media rating guide: This can be found at www.safesmartsocial.com.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2021

But after seeing a flyer for Remake Learning Days, she and her daughter attended the event and began to discover a region’s worth of creative learning opportunities like it. Learning Happens Everywhere. These families aren’t alone. Some events might also offer professional development for educators attending.

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EmergingEdTech

AUGUST 29, 2022

Good vendors will learn who you are and what you need help with before making any attempt to sell their offerings. The age of information means that we freely share details about our lives via social media, websites, publications, and more. Sharing a few tips for the vendors in the crowd… 1) Getting to Know You.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

. — Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? However, educators should make sure to translate the accommodations they’ve likely already made in the classroom into their distance learning plans, Del Tufo says.

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

One covers personal information collection for marketing to children, while another protects student education records. It helps prevent students from accessing inappropriate content while learning online and is administered by the Federal Communications Commission. The third is the Children’s Internet Protection Act or CIPA.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 7, 2024

Our first Learning Revolution summit on AI: " Teaching and Learning with AI ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 27th, 2024, from 12:00 - 2:30 pm US-Pacific Time. OVERVIEW: What effects do generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and applications have on learning and teaching?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced it has agreed to acquire DreamBox Learning® , a PK-12 education technology provider serving more than 6 million students and 600,000 educators nationwide.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

Brian is the creator of the Homework Hacks Course , designed to equip students aged 13 to 20 with research-backed homework hacks and independent learning strategies. We can help our children learn! When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn. MAD-Learn is an amazing collaborative app building tool.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

BEAVERTON, Oregon — Vernier Science Education recently launched new resources to help science and STEM educators leverage the two upcoming eclipses—the “Ring of Fire” annular eclipse on October 14, 2023 and the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024—to create engaging learning experiences for students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — May 5, 2021 — To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, has partnered with EveryoneOn.org to honor teachers by helping close the digital divide for students from low-income families. ABOUT SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2020

Following nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd and others at the hands of police, I have received a slew of emails from edtech companies containing statements of solidarity and inclusion, explaining that the company supports diversity and does not tolerate racism. Inequities in technology use in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2020

T here are lots of companies stepping up to help the need to move learning online. As schools across the United States close or prepare to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Encyclopaedia Britannica is offering all schools’ and students free access to its popular LaunchPacks ® Science and Social Studies learning content.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Librarian Karen Scott challenges us with some non-traditional practices to get kids interested in reading including organizing her library by genre and using social media and graphics to inspire a love of reading.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

Digital Promise’s Adult Learning initiative recently launched Community Impact Stories, a new series of blog posts to highlight adult learner stories across the nation. Lorena encourages members of their congregation to “step outside of their comfort zones and open their minds to learning new things in new ways.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. Here’s what we learned. But Zoom has held on.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

Charlotte, NC – Discovery Education, the Caterpillar Foundation, and Learning Undefeated today announced the launch of a new education initiative – Innovation at Play. Classroom activities, play-inspired lessons, and phenomena-based videos exemplify how curiosity drives STEM solutions while empowering students to learn by doing and seeing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The installation marks a first for Mount Desert High School, which relied exclusively on e-mail and public address audio to keep staff and students informed. This became increasingly challenging at the start of the 2020-21 school year as in-person classes resumed following a period of pure remote learning due to COVID-19-related lockdowns.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Officials in those states argue that the platform, owned by a company in Beijing, is a threat to cybersecurity, or they are concerned about spying by the Chinese government. As she learned more about TikTok, she decided to make creating short posts an assignment for the class. At least 20 state universities around the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Companies like to talk about their journey in raising money and growing over time, and one waypost for such journeys is to reach the ringing bells of a stock-market debut. heard those bells today, as the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange—though the initial price ended up on the low end of expectations.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Across schools, students use devices like Chromebooks for learning because it has many advantages. It’s essential for schools to keep private information secure and block content that gets in the way of learning. As educators, we have an obligation to create safe environments no matter where students learn. DNS filtering.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic. They need to be able to identify sources and find corroborating information. The data on this is clear.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 19, 2017

This is the first article in our series about building professional learning communities for online teachers. In June 2016, it became a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (COE). In June 2016, it became a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (COE). What goes into planning your videos?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2021

NEW YORK, NY (December 28, 2021)— Parallel Learning (Parallel), the digital health company that provides psychoeducational services to families, educators and students dealing with learning and thinking differences, today announced its official launch alongside $2.8M in funding to date. Educational Therapy ? In the U.S.,

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education today announced that its no-cost, augmented-reality (AR) learning resource— Sandbox AR —has surpassed the 1 million download milestone in the Apple iTunes store. Among the other immersive learning resources offered by Discovery Education are: Experience Edge at Hudson Yards. Discovery, Inc.

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