eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

iPads, laptops, robotics, Hokki Stools, books, construction paper, art easels, rugs, tables, shelving, Crayolas of every kind… the list could go on and on. Look HERE to see what companies have partnerships with Donors Choose. For your first few projects, you’ll want to make sure your items are available via the site.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

How do we go about training our students to realize that where we come from is important? We also are 1:1 with our devices–our students do take their HP or Lenovo laptops home. The emphasis in education is not on educators becoming active users of technology; teachers don’t receive that training.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY COMPANY BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE 3D ( www.carolina.com/help/pressreleases/2018/building-blocks-of-science-3d ) Carolina Biological Supply Company launched the new Building Blocks of Science 3D hands-on unit kits for students in grades K to 5. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. The 15-year-old today is more a sibling of cloud computing, of apps that are available from any screen, of mobile devices in many sizes and form factors that go beyond last century’s laptops. Photo Credit: Frank Catalano 2.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. Quintyn Scott (left) and Ella Bartholomew program robots at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

New products are coming from companies that have long been in the game, and others are being launched thanks to successful crowdfunding initiatives. Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Thirty maze challenge cards are also included. Add-Ons: No add-ons are available at this time.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company. Bluetooth lets you upload the data to your phone, which makes tracking your training a lot easier. This also makes up for Speedo ruining it’s training tracker app. I wrote a review of Reclaim Hosting earlier this year.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. Each package delivers full curriculum support, training and resources from an ever-growing online community of educators.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Kent opened her laptop to show the dashboard that tracks her students. Rando noticed when his daughter, Olivia, a middle school student and a black belt in karate, enrolled in VLACS to accommodate training and competition. Related: Is the future of education teacher-robots bumping into walls? They’re proactive about it.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

After 20 years as a house cleaner, she’d gotten better work as a packaging operator at local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies, but kept losing jobs because she had trouble filling out the required forms. She’d tried once to enroll at Raritan but gave up after she couldn’t figure out the application.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? Tagged on: August 21, 2017 Should Professors Ban Laptops?

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? Tagged on: August 21, 2017 Should Professors Ban Laptops?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Via Maine Public Radio : “ Do Laptops Help Learning? A Look At The Only Statewide School Laptop Program.” ” That’s the statewide laptop program in Maine – thanks Seymour! ” The company in question: FedLoan Servicing. The Business of Job Training.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” That is, the daycare company Bright Horizons will pay for its employees to get their degrees at four institutions – three of which are for-profits (including Ashford University and Walden University, which have been targets of lawsuits claiming they misled students). The Business of Job Training. ” asks Wired.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

About 20 students gazed at their laptops, an online poll open on each screen. The great irony is that the multimillion-dollar cable was planted in the Arctic by an Anchorage-based telecommunications company thanks, in large part, to global warming. Roughly 14 percent of children statewide live in poverty. “If

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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. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. And “free” doesn’t last. WTF is Unizin ?!

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.” ” Via Education Week : “ Teach For America Ends Pre-Training Pilot Focused on Cultural Competency.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” $100,000. Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Steve Dembo recently announced that he’s leaving the company after 10+ years. Her “ innovation agenda.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“Without Net Neutrality , How Would Internet Companies Treat K–12 Districts?” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Adtalem Global Education , the company that owns DeVry University , announced Monday that ownership of the for-profit institution would transfer to Cogswell Education LLC.” “Huh? ”).

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. The Business of Job Training. for Robotics Contest.” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” (I’m including this here because all of these entities – Kushner’s family, the companies he received loans from – have education investments too.). ” (Learndirect is a job training company that has a major contract with the UK government.). ” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. 77 million users accounts stolen from Edmodo. million students. Investing in hardware and software.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. No disclosure , no surprise, that Edsurge shares investors with this company. Via The Washington Post : “A coding school where college grads train and work without spending a dime.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayne Johnson, the head of the department’s financial aid division and a former executive at a student loan company , says that those “non-traditional” servicers could include companies like Visa , Amazon , or Goldman Sachs. And an update from Udacity in “the business of job training” section.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Via Forbes : “This Company Could Be Your Next Teacher: Coursera Plots A Massive Future For Online Education.” The Business of Job Training. “How a 5-Decade Old Education Company Reinvented Itself” – Edsurge interviews the CEO of the company formerly known as Curriculum Associates.

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Education MOOC Robotics Panasonic 51

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Via The LA Times : “ Westech College ’s abrupt closure raises questions about training options.” ” The results are self-reported based on a survey administered by a private student loan company which offers loans to coding bootcamp enrollees, but I’m sure it’s all on the up-and-up. Remember MOOCs?

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Education Coursera Robotics Broadband 47

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” The Business of Job Training. Via The Verge : “ OLPC ’s $100 laptop was going to change the world – then it all went wrong.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ ISTE Unveils Plans to Match Ed-Tech Companies With Educators for Feedback on Apps.” ” Contests and Conferences. .”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. Should you ban laptops ? It’s the relationship of these companies to information and to education. (A

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