eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

The need for social and emotional learning programs is greater than ever and the SEL Providers Association has been an invaluable resource for companies like ours as we work to support schools, districts, and out-of-school time programs in this important work,” said Adamson.

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N2Y

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

skills, and communication support we use Unique Learning System ® , SymbolStix PRIME ® , and the weekly current events in News2you. based instruction in Unique Learning System, to the behavior management in Positivity that keeps the focus on learning, to the enriching resources in News2you, L 3 Skills ® , and SymbolStix PRIME.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Building Virtual Reality In-House As education, social media and entertainment technology companies promote virtual reality tools and services, some faculty members are putting in the effort to create their own VR experiences. Part of that innovation, to Hobson’s mind, will be adapting systems to students rather than the other way around.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 14, 2019

Once used by almost every major tech company to create computer content Flash is being replaced by more modern and open platforms. No updates for operating systems and browsers. The once ubiquitous Flash Player found in 98% of all Internet-connected desktops around the world will fade into its golden years at the end of 2020.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Donnelly selected a career-advising platform owned by the Myers-Briggs Company—yes, the makers of that classic personality test. The system offers students a short online assessment of their interests , then matches them with Butte degree programs that may be a good fit for them.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. Today, a growing number of edtech companies are also signing on to use Caliper, which offers improved data architecture and ease of implementation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. The company claims on its website that it’s near that goal, with more than 7.2

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

28, 2018) — Social-emotional learning (SEL) company Aperture Education and Kickboard, which provides technology and coaching for school culture initiatives, have partnered to help schools collect, monitor and analyze data on 40 student behaviors that tie to the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (the DESSA) core SEL competencies. “By

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Attending trade shows seems like an absolute must for educational publishers; the cost, personnel, and logistics can be obstacles for even the larger companies. First, since no company can attend every event, staff should meet to discuss event strategy every year ahead of trade show season. But going shouldn’t be booth or bust, though.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

From 2008 - 2011, the company worked on projects spanning early childhood, grades K-12, higher education and the workforce, while simultaneously crystallizing its philosophy. In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system.

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MindShift

APRIL 26, 2017

They consult with school leaders around the world for their company Educating Modern Learners. After many conversations they believe education as a system is ripe for a radical shift away from reform efforts that tinker at the edges and towards learning that puts students at the center with agency over what and how they learn.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 12, 2015

After spending time at 30 schools talking with administrators, teachers and education leaders, Mehta’s team came up with three big areas of improvement described in a white paper called “From Quicksand to Solid Ground: Building a Foundation to Support Quality Teaching.”. TEACHER PREP MISALIGNMENT. POLICY CHANGES.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of paying money to support people to go to college, this program would pay people to forgo college and instead jump right into building an ambitious company or organization. Because as he’s said publicly many times, he feels the higher education system has what he sees as an irrational following, like a religion.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2018

Houpe, along with colleagues Renee Patton, director of education for Cisco , and Sonny Magana, founder of consulting firm Magana Education , are part of Cisco’s K–12 Executive Council, a team of thought leaders who produced a white paper about organizational change as a driver of educational digital transformation.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In 2014, ALA Washington’s Office for Information and Technology Policy (OITP) developed a helpful white paper to examine CIPA’s decade-long impact, Fencing Out Knowledge t h a t d e l i n e a t e d f o u r recommendations t o ALA: Increase awareness of the spectrum of filtering choices.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Companies selling admissions algorithms say they have a fairer, more scientific way to predict student success. They use games, web tracking and machine learning systems to capture and process more and more student data, then convert qualitative inputs into quantitative outcomes. Enter the algorithms. But this play has a purpose.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Challenge Success: Parent Tips and Tools, Healthy College Admissions | Resources Explore resources including our white paper to support a more balanced approach to college admissions that values fit over selectivity. We interviewed 28 thought leaders and synthesized their thinking."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Challenge Success: Parent Tips and Tools, Healthy College Admissions | Resources Explore resources including our white paper to support a more balanced approach to college admissions that values fit over selectivity. We interviewed 28 thought leaders and synthesized their thinking."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

State Department, the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Journalism and National Security and the white paper series inspired by the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities. Media Forum, the Aspen Institute Symposium on Critical Issues in Journalism at the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

State Department, the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Journalism and National Security and the white paper series inspired by the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities. Media Forum, the Aspen Institute Symposium on Critical Issues in Journalism at the U.S.

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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

These conveniences, which we often take for granted, require data to pass through different systems and servers. Data about a student’s background, their benchmark test results, or their school schedule sometimes remain fragmented across different systems. Others will build their own APIs to communicate with school systems.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Why Minecraft in Schools is the Modern Marvel: 5 Epic Ideas with Lucas Gillispie, manager of the US’ largest deployment of Minecraft in a school system. Game Based Learning Research and White Papers. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In a recent white paper, former Scholastic president of education Margery Mayer dubbed 2021 the “year of speech recognition” in education. Previous speech recognition systems were modeled on adult voices and lacked the accuracy required for an educational context.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

It surfaced biased algorithms, irresponsible advertising, privacy incursions, fake news and screen-time addiction—all especially concerning for those of us who believe that while technology is no magic elixir, it is an essential element of our education system. Big Tech now commands more hours of our children’s attention than schools.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2019

But that grew into the 25-year passion for me, both professionally and personally, around re-imagining the education system and how you provided people equal access to the education they need to thrive. An analogy that I made early on was comparing the education system to the healthcare system. public market cap companies.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “White paper explores changing the accreditation system to encourage continuous improvement and open the door to ‘alternative’ education providers.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Since July 2017, I have served as Head of School at Gimnasio Los Caobos, a project-based school in Bogota, Colombia, a nearly post-conflict region with a largely traditional educational system where, among other things, university entrance is based solely on national exam scores. We also operate in Nepal.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue , and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.” For what it’s worth, Richard Hall’s response makes for better reading than the white paper itself.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Solocron Education LLC , a company whose entire ‘education’ business is filing lawsuits, owns U.S. 6,263,439, titled ‘Verification system for non-traditional learning operations.’ ’ What kind of ‘verification system’ does Solocron claim to have invented? From MIT President L.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Its Crunchbase description is great : “TX-based edtech company.” They don’t even write white-papers , man. They write rainbow papers. “Investors Put $2.3M

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