The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

The students came up with the project themselves and designed a Google form to track their phone time, including which apps they used most. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report In Oxnard, educators say they have been left in the dark about how these decisions affect course offerings for their students.

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Data STEM Course Report 138

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

The third is an online algebra course for eighth graders. Classrooms or individual students had to be randomly selected to use the education software, with researchers comparing those students’ test results or grades with students who didn’t use it. One helps middle schoolers with math homework. No small studies were allowed.

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Study Software Learning Analysis 133

EdNews Daily

JULY 18, 2017

A considerable portion of the courses that I delivered were internally assessed and coursework based. Assessment of these courses did not involve standardized testing, but they did involve standardized criteria to compare learners’ work against; the writing of coursework briefs also needed to comply with sets of standard criteria.

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Secondary Software Analysis Assessment 178

Gaggle Speaks

MAY 30, 2017

Some new Google Vault features likely caught the eye of K-12 technology directors and email administrators. The biggest announcement that certainly got our attention was that Vault is now able to retain data in Google Drive. Of course, you could set the retention policy to indefinite in Google Vault, but there are still some concerns.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

Over the next two months, I’ll share the experience and highlights in a series of columns for EdSurge with highlights from the course. When teaching a course on edtech, it’s logical to start with a look at how professors can select the best tech tools for their courses. There are more edtech tools to choose, from.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2020

Middle skills” jobs are estimated to comprise 53 percent of the economy , and the ones that have been hard to fill involve the use of digital tools like Jira, Google Analytics, or Power BI. Two findings emerged: First, many people do not recognize the brand names of the software platforms employers frequently use in job titles.

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Industry Social Media Training Survey 185

Vizor

MARCH 10, 2021

Chrome OS is a cloud-focused operating system, and since it’s a Google product, its primary storage is Google Drive. The one exception here is, of course, the Chromebook’s local storage. With Google, the student can sign into another computer and find their work. Google’s New Rebrand. Google’s New Storage Policy.

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Chromebook Laptops Comparison Google 52

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 3, 2023

Technology, of course, is dependent on humans creating it. Every verbal request to voice assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google are dependent on AI, as are many of the chatbots that pop up when navigating websites. First, school districts must draft policies based on a clear understanding of emerging technologies.

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Education Data Training Digital Divide 52

Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Listeners can always answer questions in a Google Form or share during a discussion to demonstrate evidence of learning. Use a Google Form to submit evidence and reflection. Here are some great places to start if you’re looking for content, but of course searching for your topic would also work. . See: Copyright Policy.

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Learning EdTech Google Software 98

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Whether you are brand new to Google or a seasoned user, there are probably a few things you don’t know about G Suite for Education. If you want to become a Google Certified Educator or Trainer, you need to learn the basics of G Suite for Education. (It Get This Information in a FREE Google Doc. 24/7 Access. Collaborative.

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Google Education Course Groups 78

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

Last Thursday, he sent an email to students explaining that he was being let go because he pushed back against two university policies that he saw as unethical. On Amazon, the book alone sells for $148 without the MindTap software. One of those students is Addison Wright, a junior at ASU who took Goegan’s course in the spring of 2016.

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Pearson Course Social Media Company 161

Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2015

So why do we talk so much about devices and software? There are fascinating perspectives on teaching and learning that are not represented in the mainstream media and policy discussions. These students aren’t thinking about 1:1 device initiatives or state policies for digital textbooks. Maybe because it’s easier.

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Technology Education Policies STEM 120

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. It was a policy change that greatly encouraged the growth of “telecommunications correspondence” courses.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 161

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It’s sometimes known as “addition by subtraction” Higher education as an “industry” thrives on the opposite — addition by addition — taking existing structures, policies, programs and so on and, when they no longer work as intended, we add to them. It all looked good on paper. That’s it.

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Assessment Analysis Examples Course 52

IT Bill

MARCH 5, 2018

Using such tools as Google Hangouts, Skype, Zoom, etc. can add an element of interactivity and engagement to the online course that might otherwise be missing. Our campus recently adopted a policy that essentially requires all online instruction meet accessibility guidelines. to be read by screen-reader software.

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Guidelines Accessibility Meeting Course 28

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

And it doesn't help, of course, that there is, in general, a repudiation of history within Silicon Valley itself. " I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. We already have, of course.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. Both success stories and failure stories of adopting BYOD policies and implementing BYOD programs in schools belong to this process.

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BYOD How To Digital Divide Mobility 150

Shake Up Learning

MAY 12, 2020

Thank you to Kelly Bell from Australia for her wonderful reviews on the Shake Up Learning courses and masterclasses. Introducing Fluency Tutor; an App for Google Chrome that helps students improve reading fluency while saving busy teachers valuable time. He doesn’t want the kids to learn new software remotely. Click To Tweet.

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Learning Google Assessment Chromebook 91

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

They largely market edtech tools and services, like online tutoring and digital courses, directly to consumers, not to institutions. Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“We're seeing a lot more honor code violations come up in general, but especially because of these online platforms like Chegg.com and Course Hero.” The company argues that its policies clearly state that students should not use the site for cheating. I reached out to Chegg, and sure enough, business there is booming.

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Chegg Study System Social Media 152

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

While rough " deepfake " videos have been around for several years, the proliferation of video manipulation that appear real enough to fool viewers really shifted into high gear in 2019 with the launch of multiple AI open-source software and mobile apps. (On A quick Google search resulted in no immediate hits of others writing such an essay.

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Education Robotics Assessment Examples 101

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

I say this all the time, “You must both fear and respect Google (and Facebook, etc.) There are fake accounts of course, but there are plenty of grown men following underage girls and commenting. Rethink your school policies when it comes to information shared online. See: Copyright Policy. What is the value?

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Advocacy Data 100

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

The postsecondary education sector is on a collision course with the world of work. On the talent-acquisition side of the equation, demand—especially in the technology field–is so great that firms such as IBM , Google , Microsoft , Hubspot and a host of others are providing their own public-facing education and credentials.

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Education Company Coursera Policies 118

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. Good teachers, of course, have always personalized lessons based on their students’ needs. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. It’s now an LMS too.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

These are online representations of an earned skill, often through taking small credit courses aimed toward working and non-degree-seeking individuals. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. Or must they take a leave of absence?

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Dropout Digital Badges Coursera MOOC 80

EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2019

This stage does not necessarily recognize the highest capabilities of digital technologies and merely substitutes old ways for a new mode with the lowest orchestration of software. They often say, “We let the teachers make all the choices as to what and how they will use various technologies including the software elements.”

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Industry Software Data Strategy 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. 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.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Instead, when choosing a tool, be it a device, a software platform, or another instrument, consider your educational philosophy, objectives, and vision. You can’t be trusted to use it properly, install software, or explore,” then you can’t expect them actively want to use and explore with these devices. Looking to learn more?

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Mobile Learning Mobility How To Learning 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

The engineering school at ASU has added "a little bit" of voice technology to the curriculum of three existing courses this semester, German said. However, the students who received the Echo Dots will "not at all" be required to take these courses. The dots are "literally a gift," German says.

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Company EdTech Conference Technology 79

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Julie Sugarman, senior policy analyst with the Migration Policy Institute, has heard of many schools around the country having problems serving ELLs right now — sometimes even within the same district. She’s been using Google Classroom, an online resource meant to help teachers manage students’ coursework, since September 2018.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

First, the role that corporations and philanthropists play in shaping education policy is not new. Augment, not replace, of course. This is what Google does, for example, when you type something like “how many points LBJ” into the search bar, and you get results about LeBron James.

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Knewton Education Company Learning 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Folks still retyped the press releases Google issued and retyped the press releases Facebook issued, lauding these companies’ (and their founders’) efforts to reshape the curriculum and reshape the classroom. “ Does It Make More Sense to Invest in School Security or SEL?

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Technology Industry Education Robotics 110

Educator Innovator

JUNE 19, 2015

So why do we talk so much about devices and software? There are fascinating perspectives on teaching and learning that are not represented in the mainstream media and policy discussions. These students aren’t thinking about 1:1 device initiatives or state policies for digital textbooks. Maybe because it’s easier. Probably not.

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Technology Education Policies STEM 44

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. billion in revenue last year.

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Company Survey Report Training 112

ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

A good teacher can promote these attitudes despite plagiarism-detection software, but the software itself does not do this. The choices of which data to collect are usually made by the techies and policy makers, but not teachers or students. Safiyya Noble’s work on Google). We all know about algorithmic bias (e.g.

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Technology EdTech Learning Analytics Adaptive Learning 81

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

In this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. What network did you use to connect from?

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192