EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Apps, online courses and games allow students to work at their own pace. Technology allows teachers to connect and interact in ways that are conducive to the course material. From e-books and games to virtual tutors and classrooms, there is no shortage of tools to add. Technology is also an ideal way to improve study habits.

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Classroom Laptops E-rate Social Media 176

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. If few students answer the question correctly, the software can flag the professor, or the textbook author, to consider revising the content to make it clearer.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

After leaving CPS, he began building a suite of web-based software applications to help manage the responsibilities of being an administrator. “I PublicSchoolWORKS became possible in the late ’90s when the government launched the E-Rate Program. That opened the door for software as a service and web-based applications.”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Copyleaks, an artificial intelligence platform that detects plagiarism, today announced a partnership today with Canvas, the learning management platform from Instructure, that allows educational institutions to seamlessly enable advanced plagiarism detection software directly within a Canvas account.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Educational software, ranging from language learning apps like Duolingo to math problem-solving platforms like Khan Academy, provides personalized learning experiences. ” Both critical thinking skills (e,g., This could mean providing different project options, elective courses, or extracurricular activities.

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Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Amazon has become one of the most valuable companies in the world—with a current market value of $475 billion —based on its domination of e-commerce (holding an astounding 50 percent share of all online retail sales); its leadership in the cloud computing business ; and the strength of its software algorithms.

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Software Trends E-rate Coursera 100

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I dislike fraudulent courses. graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 23, 2017 ED warns schools of another widespread ransomware attack | Future of Ed Tech e-Newsletter → In light of a recent widespread ransomware attack, the U.S. I think the latter."

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Here’s our list of the 8 best eBook creation software. Easy to Create.

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eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Although more than 20,000 Mississippi children age 5 and under are enrolled in Head Start, and Mississippi legislators have slowly added seats to the state’s highly-rated public preschool program, nearly half of the state’s 4-year-olds do not attend preschool at all, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Center.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. Peak Performance Mathematics Bridge Program —a six-week summer course for students who place below the first math class in their chosen field of study. For some students and courses, Fisher combined EWA with tutoring and modular courses.

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 83

Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

In general, OER was rated ‘considerably better on multiple specific aspects of teaching and learning, such as extending the core knowledge to novel tasks and situations and collaborating with others.’” . Screencast-O-Matic comes in the form of software that you can download and works across Chromebooks, Mac, Windows, Android and iOS.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. billion was spent on devices by K-12 schools in 2015, and the Software and Information Industry Association estimates that nearly $8.4

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

OER include lesson plans and supporting scaffolds, handouts and workseets, courses, electronic textbooks, media, simulations. Among the featured platforms and developments: Microsoft is planning an app to help teachers and students find rated OER from within any learning management system. and Mary Reiman (NE).

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OER Edmodo E-rate Libraries 40

The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 8, 2012

At any rate, my file cabinet lives a lonely and neglected life these days because its utility has been reduced to simply some place to put my printer. With this software, I take meeting notes, anecdotal notes, and share articles/resources with staff. Find some free/inexpensive Web 2.0 tools to streamline your practices.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Enabling users to combine text with images and narration, the software has the potential to help boost literacy skills and appeal to diverse learning styles. Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2016

The E arly adopters move with the change. Prospective staff could be “rated” on a scale of 1 to 5 for each new category, with results plotted on a radar graph. They should be able to provide examples of blended learning courses that they have created or that they have taught. The Innovators are usually enthusiastic.

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Hapara

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Defining a digital learning platform To be categorized as a digital learning platform on the rating website G2, a software product must be designed for use in K–12 and feature elements such as multimedia or gamification. What can digital learning platforms provide? This is how Hāpara’s Champion certification program is structured.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You’ve been exploring apps with your students and faculty over the course of the year, now’s the time to nominate your faves! Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (for training, e-learning, performance support and social collaboration). I am a proud member of AASL’s Best Apps for Teaching and Learning Committee.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Having one cable for your smartphone, tablet or a portable speakers is big relief that will also hugely reduce e-waste. offer considerable improvements in data transfer rates, with 10 and 20 gigabits per second, respectively. Of course, these devices will not function without adequate support from host devices and cabling.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Schools often purchase software, computer devices, and technology-based learning systems because they are effective marketing tools for recruitment, or because they want to keep pace with the digital investments of rival institutions, or simply because they fear appearing outdated. Fears, of course, need to be surfaced and addressed.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 30, 2023

They are like wireless presentation displays but offer built-in software for high levels of collaboration and brainstorming. Not to mention that some boards do not come with installed software, causing incompatibility issues later. Incompatible software can be a huge issue if you’ve already made your purchase.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

While the federal government awards billions of dollars annually to get schools and libraries online, through its E-rate program, Albemarle’s project is technically ineligible for that because it’s “off campus,” even though it will be an extension of the school network with all its security, filters and firewalls.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 94

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Inside Higher Ed reports that the University of California lecturers'' union has stated that it will use its collective bargaining power to block the university system''s expansion of online course offerings unless the "move to distance education is done in a fair and just way for our members." And apps like Kno and Stanza failed to work.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Lenovo announced new hardware, software and services solutions designed to inspire and enable learning anywhere. LG also unveiled its expanded training programs through the LG Academy, with a new course set to launch specifically for LG CreateBoard line in the first quarter.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

Two schools also ­feature interactive touch LED panels running SMART Notebook software. That money, combined with federal E-rate funds , enabled St. Of course, virtual reality systems and other audiovisual tools that make up a modern learning environment aren’t inexpensive.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024.

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Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

" Tagged on: July 26, 2017 These 3 practices revolutionized Penn Manor's school culture | Opensource.com → Free and open source software is the catalyst for Penn Manor School District's award-winning student learning programs.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. The school has had large class sizes, even in the lower grades, for years because of stagnant funding, he said. Those options matter.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 21, 2022

McKerley sees the current ESSER and E-Rate funding as “once-in-a-generation” opportunities to address these goals. There also needs to be endpoint protection when devices may be used in a variety of settings over the course of a single day and throughout the school year.

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Broadband E-rate Education Future Ready 84

Brainscape

JUNE 9, 2022

For example: online courses and e-textbook providers that are more of an instructional curriculum, but that have built spaced repetition into things like multiple-choice quizzes at the end of chapters, where incorrect answers are more likely to come up frequently until the user answers correctly.

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E-rate Study Chegg Software 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I was teaching several social studies courses, including one called International Problems. I got an Apple IIe computer and we had free open source software programs for our kids. They weren’t familiar with E-rate because it wasn’t a state program, so we needed to introduce the program before talking about state match.

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There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

How do we get reliable bandwidth at a decent rate? We are now working on an e-rate application to double it again. Of course chromebooks and iPads (or android tablets) are out there. The high school district was fortunate enough to recognize that to make forward progress with technology, they had to make a change.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. public high schools (42.5 percent offered ‘all classes online.’

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