Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Also in concurrence with Simon’s vision of more dynamic, data-guided teaching, colleges have begun hiring instructional designers. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

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Education Learning Software Knewton 215

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. This begs the question: What’s next for education? Today, over 2.9

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Teachers can easily manage esports teams by focusing on managing students rather than being experts in the games or technology. Equipment for esports can often be repurposed from existing technology used in other classes. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state.

E-rate 362

E-rate Education Meeting Industry 362

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. Their answer was CAST (which stands for Centers for Applied Science and Technology). Toney apologizes, resets the monitor, and moves on to explain how she came to CAST Tech.

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E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 94

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The new computers are one of the most noticeable changes among several technology updates taking place while school’s out for the summer. The influx of technology brings the district’s technology ratio to one device for every two students, which is lower than the previous ratio of roughly one device for every three students. —The

Chromebook 40

Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Could personalized learning and the use of technology fundamentally change rural student outcomes? In rural districts, children and youth face profound obstacles—geographic isolation and long bus rides to school, frustratingly slow internet connections, limited course options, and low college-going rates. How It Could Help.

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Personalized Learning E-rate Outcomes Learning 60

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Highlights from Tech&Learning’s Leadership Letter THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN PROTECTING STUDENT DATA Every school district employee shares responsibility for protecting student data, but a leadership champion is needed to build and sustain a data privacy program. However, they come at a cost.

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Guidelines Student Data Privacy E-rate Data 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Last, there are a few other C’s to mention such as Citizenship (including digital), Character, and Cyber (Technology). Formative and Summative Assessment –Obtaining progress data is imperative and typical summative assessment can be employed. B is for Blended with Technology. E is for Endless Inquiry. In a world.

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Assessment Conference Learning E-rate 99

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Each year, K-12 schools and districts that have leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievements of their students are honored through SETDA’s Student Voices program. She is scheduled to graduate with a PhD in Instructional Psychology and Technology from Brigham Young University next year.

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OER Tools E-rate Blackboard 40

Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

To top this off, if you're interested in how these streaming services compare in terms of user's data privacy, check out our report: Privacy of Streaming Apps and Devices: Watching TV That Watches Us. Bottom line: Ask an administrator or your technology department for guidance before you get started.

Video 90

Video Classroom Digital Citizenship Libraries 90

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. ” The highest technology-savvy kid we had was one of our lowest academic performing students. Listen Now. And then I thought, “No!

Google 175

Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 175

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Our data suggest that the acknowledgment of Wikipedia’s helpfulness rises across their educational stage. The evolution of trust in Wikipedia was documented by Mothe & Sahut (2018) who noted a contrast “between a higher frequency of use of Wikipedia and a lower rate of citation.” Look for editorial ratings. Faniel, I.

E-rate 111

E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 8, 2017

When she found out it would be a specialised STEM primary school she was even more interested, and after a long application and interview process she secured her first teaching post at the school. 6) What are the most innovative uses of technology in education (that you have done yourself, or have seen)? Unported License.

E-rate 37

E-rate STEM Chromebook Tablets 37

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

EdTech 130

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 130

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology HACK EDUCATION NEWS ROUNDUP And here, in full, is the Hack Education weekly roundup, also available directly at Hack Education.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Leveraging new funding opportunities such as E-Rate or ESSER, the superintendents faced with unique challenges used the funding sources thoughtfully. ALL students have access and are engaged in robust STEM activities, preparing them for a career of their choice.

Broadband 97

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 97

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it.

E-rate 97

E-rate Industry Report Survey 97

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. Or Is There?

Libraries 51

Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

EdSurge: In your opinion, what was one of the biggest education technology stories that readers might have missed last year? And it was really hard to get that data, and I was knocking on doors and making calls for years trying to get it and without much luck, still kind of chipping away at the stories as they came up.

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Report E-rate Technology Education 94

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. 5G promises reliability, lightning-fast speeds, and much higher data capacities. For over a year now, the focus has been on getting technology into the hands of students.

EdTech 111

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 111

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. For over a year now, the focus has been on getting technology into the hands of students. Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic.

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EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. “ Stackable Credentials May Not Boost Earnings,” says Campus Technology. asks Audrey.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Ivanka Trump , Apple’s Tim Cook Push STEM, Computer Science Education,” says Education Week. ” Idaho Ed News quotes local high school students who protested the visit and their school’s reliance on technology.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Susan Crawrford argues “Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” National) Education Politics. Good grief. Even worse?

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

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. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Also via Chalkbeat : “Black and white students score far apart on a new test of technology skills.” ” Here’s the WaPo headline : “Girls outscore boys on inaugural national test of technology, engineering skills.” ” More on employment data in the “research and data” section below.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Department of Education Announces STEM , Computer Science Education Grant Opportunities.” This story has me thinking a lot about “fake news” and education technology PR as misinformation. National) Education Politics.

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The Challenge calls upon the virtual reality, video game developer, and educational technology communities to submit concepts for immersive simulations that will prepare students for the globally competitive workforce of the 21st century.” Via eCampus News : “How chatbots will change the face of campus technology.”

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Keep that in mind when you see Course Report’s data touted, cheerleading the coding bootcamp trend.). And the “ queen sacrifices ,” for those who don’t know that terminology, is what Alexander calls it when a college sacrifices its most powerful resource – its faculty – in order to stem financial problems.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” This stems from a protest at the University of Connecticut. Department of Education this week released new federal loan data showing that 4.6 ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed. ” The Business of Student Loans.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. ” I tweeted that the DACA database is one of the most important issues in ed-tech right now, and if you’re an ed-tech entrepreneur who says “nobody in ed-tech tracks immigration data,” you need to GTFO. Colleges Will Disappear.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40