Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2017

If for example, you’re a math teacher, you may refer students struggling to grasp the Pythagorean Theorem to view Khan Academy videos so that they can catch up with the rest of the class. Companies are just as likely to examine social media to learn about you.”. Your resume is no longer just on paper, it’s also online.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

Also feeling the ripple effect are the companies and organizations that provide tools and services to students and educators. Loans are forgiven provided that recipients meet criteria that include using at least 60 percent of the amount to keep their staff while maintaining at least 75 percent of their current salaries.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

In the year since it launched, the platform has cut in half the time students have to study to obtain the same results, according to company metrics. When Phan tutors his Asia-based students who hope to attend college in the US, he has them follow The Edge Prep curriculum and take the eight official SAT tests on Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2020

To manage these tasks, the foundation contracted with a company called Kaleidoscope , a Minneapolis-based provider of a platform that connects companies, foundations and high-net-worth individuals offering scholarships and grants to students seeking financial aid. Loans are an outdated ineffective solution,” says Dehn, 44.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

Hence, EdSurge decided to enter back into that conversation with November, this time in a Q&A covering his thoughts on the “$1000 pencil,” whether Khan Academy is or is not pushing the envelope, and how any change in the classroom has to start with the teacher. There still seems to be a big demand for that.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

It’s tough in a typical school year to serve each student’s unique learning needs, but the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the meaning of meeting all students “where they are." Elementary Math and Science Khan Academy Kids. Each tool has scored well on our research-based ratings rubric.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Khan Academy. Khan Academy provides personalized learning for students at their pace and is an excellent flipped classroom tool for teachers to identify their students’ strengths and needs. Google Meet. It’s straightforward to join a classroom session, and Google Meet syncs with other G Suit apps.

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Gaggle Speaks

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

For an education-focused 3D printing company, check out Printrbot, which wants to bring an affordable 3D printer to every school. It offers discounted pricing for educators to meet this goal. There are a lot of companies working on bringing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to K12 schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

and Khan Academy, which allows for timed tests. She’s also leaned heavily on edtech companies who are making their paid products available to schools in Asia free of charge. A Pear Deck spokesperson says the company is working with 154 schools in the region, offering free access to impacted educators.)

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

Thankfully, there are technology companies offering more niche educational tools to insert some flexibility, spontaneity, and creativity into the blended learning environment. One such company is XP-Pen and their series of tablets.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

I don't just trust the software company when they say, "This is awesome." There's not really a person here I think that meets that “laggard” description… If somebody's reluctant or freaked out or not sure about how to do something, generally within a day or two, we can get some information to that person to help them get through it all.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Khan Academy’s New ‘Teacher Aid’ Tool Goes for a Test Drive in Southern California Khan Academy videos have long been used in K-12 classrooms of all grade levels, even though it was never expressly marketed to them. With copious data collection baked into the process, schools—and students—are already seeing results.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The thing that is really special about our teacher PD program is that we meet them where their content is. Over the past few years, there has been an explosion of online “learn how to code” tools, from Code.org to Khan Academy. We actually use some of the platform from Khan Academy, and we also use a website called.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

Schools and districts needed a way to standardize data about their students’ backgrounds and achievement levels to meet state and federal reporting requirements. If products can’t be flexible and meet districts where they are, they won’t survive.”. No’ is no longer an appropriate answer. Julian Miller, CEO, Learnmetrics.

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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. Then, Lopez got more programing for the tablets from American Prison Data Systems, a for-profit company that charges facilities , not inmates or their families, for the tools.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. Department of Education, left the organization this summer.

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MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

“I’m in touch with my students two, three times a week,” by text, phone, Google classroom and Zoom meetings, Concepcion says. It groups teachers and other professionals like counselors for weekly meetings where they compare notes and make plans to help students in trouble.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Edsurge writes about e-scooters , one of the “hot new trends” out of Silicon Valley, and how these companies are defying the rules of college campuses in order to build up a new customer base there. ” From the Khan Academy blog : “School district reports test scores rise with mastery learning on Khan Academy.”

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2020

Rather than whole-class meetings, organize periodic video meet-ups with smaller groups of students to chat, check-in and provide help, support and assistance. The survey might also invite student recommendations of platforms, tools or viable social media that might be used to meet them where they are.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Two examples are McGraw Hill’s ALEKS and Khan Academy. Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, defines personalization by pace. With Khan Academy, you can show “mastery” by getting a certain number of questions right in a row. Proficiency vs. mastery (Drew Lytle for NPR ).

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edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

They described how districts and schools successfully used sophisticated technology to read students’ “digital signals” to meet their academic and social-emotional needs. 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.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Now the company is teaming up with Khan Academy to use examples like DeRose’s discovery of surface representation to show students how the math and science they’re learning in school is applied by Pixar animators. Students liked meeting real Pixar employees and getting a sense of who they are and where they work.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Even though test-proctoring companies like to sell themselves as providing an exciting, new, and necessary technology, this software has a long history that's deeply intertwined with pedagogical practices and beliefs about students' dishonesty. Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, was born in 1976.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

We are committed to personalized learning, but can't continue a program that does not meet the needs of all of our students.” The district’s proximity to big technology companies at the heart of Silicon Valley also seemed like a cultural fit for this kind of futuristic learning. A few days later, at a study session with parents on Jan.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 22, 2019

Anytime a tool might collect data from students, it's important to ask questions about how the companies involved are securing, using, or storing student data. Here's an example of how one teacher uses Google Classroom to meet students at their levels. How can families and parents stay in the loop with Google Classroom?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The degree requires the traditional 120 credit hours, but features small classes, extra supports, accommodation for different learning styles, and a modified course schedule to meet the students'' needs. Khan Academy announced this week that it has added the first new faculty members beyond just Sal Khan himself.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. ” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It restitution check.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” Via NPR : “Outcry After Louisiana Teacher Arrested During School Board Meeting.” awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” This is how well your district does.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” ” Via Recode : “ Google CEO Sundar Pichai canceled an all-hands meeting about gender controversy due to employee worries of online harassment.” The company has $8.3 ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

(Ron Howard voiceover: she was not really looking forward to Space Force Academy.). From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” Starts with a g? .”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, a federal panel, is slated to review ACCJC’s recognition and scope at a meeting next week.” No mention that these are backed by big companies and venture capitalists. ” Via Fast Company : “Want to Fight Inequality? ” IMPEACH.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. Tom Willerer, Coursera’s chief product officer, left the company to become a venture capitalist.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

.” Via Buzzfeed : “Republican Proposal Would Make Trump University Lawsuits ‘Almost Impossible’ ” Via The Washington Post : “ Chance the Rapper is meeting with Illinois ’ governor about education funding. ” Reminder: here are the education companies Palantir founder Peter Thiel has invested in.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” Greiff has previously been a partner at the 1776 venture fund and he was also a co-founder of the test prep company Grockit. Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning." 150,000 a year to lease coaxial cables from Bell Telephone Company, for example. The principal of the neighborhood school reported, for example, that, following the broadcast of PTA meetings in a show called PS 33 Highlights , in-person attendance declined.

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