The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2022

Centers for teaching and learning worked with IT support in new ways to help instructors move courses online. We also learned empathy, new ways of teaching, how to work remotely online and why being together can be so important. Almost everyone admits the potential of online learning, used selectively and wisely.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

And I had a really entrepreneurial colleague named Tom Daccord, and we started this company called EdTechTeacher that did consulting for schools that were making big technology purchases. If you want to get teachers to do something new, you have to get them to learn from one another. Teachers sort of have two spaces that they learn.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment. Bootstrapped companies rarely have “unicorn” potential and most aren’t nearly as sexy as their venture-backed counterparts. In a way, it makes sense. Below is our story.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. Open-ed people, personalized-learning people, and the learning-analytics people, they don’t talk to each other that much.”

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 22, 2010

Lately I have been asking myself questions such as what did high school really mean to me, what did it do for me, but most importantly, what did I learn? I hope to eventually own my own company, and without leadership skills my dream would not be feasible. Through this program, I was able to develop and utilize my leadership skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Professional learning and support tools include in-person workshops, webinars, video tutorials, grant opportunities and more. To support this, we are committed to providing stellar service, teacher-based tech support, and useful professional development year round to meet the needs of our customers.”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

23-26): the companies who supply the tools, and the educators who use them; The Education Show (Jan. Many of the ministers hop on over to Davos’ annual meeting afterward. One teacher described The Education Show as “a ghost town for companies who can’t afford Bett.” (A 20-23): the people who run education politically; Bett (Jan.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here. Starting in preschool, teachers try to spot students’ natural talents; by kindergarten, each child’s top strengths appear on a “personalized learning plan,” a new type of report card. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Travel companies may provide base prices, but this doesn’t include things like insurance, tip money, optional excursions, and more. Hold meetings for families. Holding regular monthly meetings, and providing that schedule to families at the beginning of the year, keeps everyone in the know. Look beyond base prices.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2019

According to LinkedIn’s 2018 Workforce Learning Report, 93 per cent of employees would stay at a company longer if their employers invested in their careers. CPD opportunities for teachers might include: : Workshops, seminars and conferences. CPD opportunities for teachers might include: : Workshops, seminars and conferences.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

All that changed this summer, when Davis found herself sequencing numbers, learning about graduate programs and visiting companies that benefit from the research she and 19 other students have been doing at Muhlenberg College. “It Fiorini also enjoys taking REU participants to speak with younger students about what they are learning.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 3, 2018

Travel companies may provide base prices, but this doesn’t include things like insurance, tip money, optional excursions, and more. Holding regular monthly meetings, and providing that schedule to families at the beginning of the year, keeps everyone in the know. Join the Community.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2018

Rather, meet Ted Dintersmith, who has spent nearly 20 years as a partner at Charles River Ventures, an early-stage investment firm. These days, he’s no longer spending time in company boardrooms, but rather in schools and classrooms. But I think the evidence is pretty clear that most kids aren’t retaining what they’re learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”.

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MindShift

JUNE 5, 2018

They also noticed that students spent a lot of time transitioning, and they talked only about grades, never about what they were learning. Rather than using standardized tests to measure learning, students would be held accountable by community partners with whom they would work on projects. This is exactly what I want.”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

It was the final day of first-year orientation at Grinnell College, with classes scheduled to start the next morning, and these new students were still finding their way around the campus, meeting neighbors in the dorms and waiting to hear whether they got into the courses they wanted. Students need time to learn and explore, they say.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2023

Other no cost learning resources include institution sponsored tutoring programs, online seminars, and self-help guidebooks. Your performance in that meeting is what gets or doesn’t get the job. Frequently, companies for whom you work as an intern will hire you for full-time positions after graduation.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Montessori learning has 100 years of refinement and validation behind it. All designed to take Montessori learning from fragmented to mainstream and modernized, the ultimate goal is to bring Montessori education to far more parents and children. In Search of Deeper Learning, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine. Guidepost Montessori.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2017

Based in Beijing and New York, Ramo serves as an advisor to some of the largest companies—including FedEx and Starbucks—and investors in the world. On the other hand, you have a tremendous amount of power in the hands of a new, young group of people who run some of the most powerful companies on earth. It’s a very text-focused place.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

In July, three members from EdSurge Independent, a student-run group that meets weekly to discuss ideas around higher education and technology, joined EdSurge Live to share what they wish faculty knew about students today, and propose ways to fuse instructional gaps. There was also a great deal of learning analytics attached to it.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Tomorrow I will be giving the opening keynote at the 8th International Seminar on Teacher Training , but as a precursor, I was invited to meet some of the OUC team. We discussed a lot of issues related to distance education and technology mediated learning, including digital identity, social media and open scholarship.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. Then when students finish at the deadline… We meet up, and we come together for student-driven discussion, where the students decide what we talk about. There’s so much wonderful work being done out there with choice reading, genius hour, project based learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. Students and teachers are learning to innovate hand-in-hand. Innovations in Games-Based Learning video series. Who are the innovators and what do they do?

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 10, 2016

We're deep into the 21st century, but you might not know it if you went to a meeting or event. This was a problem for me recently after attending a conference at an all-day event sponsored by a few large ed tech companies. There were several presenters. No digital materials were handed out. Wondering what this looks like?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

That never happened, and since then companies like Coursera have been trying to find their niche—and a sustainable business model. But the company recently added a feature that asks users: “What’s your main goal?” But the company recently added a feature that asks users: “What’s your main goal?”

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Many schools still rely on the once-a-year cyber security seminar or focus on too narrowly on a specific issue, like not posting student info online. Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2021

Several states are recognizing that, unless they can propel more people through college who have been less likely to go and to finish, they can’t meet their goals for increasing the proportion of their populations with degrees — or be able to fill jobs requiring a college education. “It That’s how it works. It’s that simple.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

Yet she avoided telling his teachers about the deaths, she said, partly because she felt that educators at the Richmond Hill high school were overwhelmed by the challenges of remote learning and gave no indication of offering any resources to COVID-bereaved students. He was distant,” said his mother, Charlene Budreau Simon.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

This keynote was delivered today at the Irish Learning Technology Association's annual conference, EdTech2016, in Dublin. I’m not sure we talk often enough about technology-enhanced learning in these terms – as a political not merely pedagogical practice. The full slidedeck is available here. To devise new rules.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Driving hours and hours on the road to meet with five students, that’s really hard,” said Betley. Aaron Conley, a senior at Stone Memorial High School in Crossville, Tennessee, is deciding between learning heating, ventilation and air conditioning or going to college.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The office manager of a medical technician company, Ruiz was working to validate her medical degree from her home country of the Dominican Republic, so she could practice medicine in the United States. Mainspring provides extensive support to families, including counseling services, support groups and help meeting basic needs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Trump University promised that the instructors for the real-estate and business seminars were “hand-picked” by Trump. million from the company between 2010 and 2015 before he stepped down from his role there. Students say they were pressured to give good reviews. million in grant dollars.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Ugh. ” Education in the Courts.

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