Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 1, 2016

Many school leaders and education professionals tout personalized learning as the future of learning. Step 1: Choose Your Data Tools. There are a variety of tools you can use to collect data. Otherwise, you can use a variety of solutions to assemble subject-specific data. Step 3: Solicit Feedback.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

Data Analytics. Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. there are more opportunities for students to input valuable personal data.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“Core5 met all the LDOE’s non-negotiable criteria and received the best possible score on all indicators of superior quality,” said Lexia Learning President, Nick Gaehde. LDOE is committed to helping educators find interventions that are data-driven, individualized for students, and systematic. About Cambium Learning Group.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Census data shows that rates of home-schooling doubled between the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and the fall of that year. According to Census data, the number of Hispanic families home-schooling doubled over the first several months of the pandemic. We want our children to learn certain things now,” said Quiñones. “We

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

You do not have to sacrifice crucial kinesthetic learning experiences that our young learners need in order to give them a 21 st Century education. Teachers and parents both have access to progress monitoring data that shows exactly where your children are growing. Here’s the link to their Facebook page. More on AR .

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2013

My emotions were quickly put in check as my Personal Learning Network (PLN) came through as it always does. Not only can you set it up to monitor the Web (news, blogs, videos, forums, images), but you can also have it monitor mentions on Facebook and Twitter if you want.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 28, 2019

We have known for some time now that tech companies extract massive amounts of data from us in order to run (and ostensibly improve) their services. By shaping our behaviors – through nudges and rewards “data pellets” and the like – technologies circumscribe our ability to make decisions.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

You may wonder how I connected groundhogs with 21st Century Learning. It wasn’t easy, but after I found out that Punxsutawney Phil had a Facebook account, I couldn’t resist contacting him. I do have a link to his Facebook below in my closing. As time went on, this practice became a lifelong learning experience.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In an interview with EdSurge, Solan said the district learned about Summit Learning in spring this year, as his team looked for ways to “leverage personalized learning” and give students opportunities to “grow as complex thinkers.” But the contract, he says, explicitly states that Summit “cannot sell the data.” “But

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Edwin’s target market was overseas, and to date it claims that 800,000 students across Latin America, Japan and Korea have practiced English with its chatbot, which is available through Facebook Messenger. Edwin developed sophisticated adaptive learning technology for English as a foreign language,” says Crewkow.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Some districts are using fully remote learning models to start, some are opting for hybrid models, while others are implementing new safety protocols to begin in-person learning. Twenty-four districts have said they will be sharing data about students’ learning to families.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security. When teachers rely on tools from Google and Facebook just to keep up with students, it’s a “ race to the bottom ,” says Tristan Harris, who heads the Center for Humane Technology.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Lexia researchers analyzed the survey data to discover whether educators believed students would be ready for grade-level instruction and whether educators themselves felt prepared for the tasks ahead of them. About Cambium Learning Group. The focus groups also answered questions about student and teacher readiness.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

You do not have to sacrifice crucial kinesthetic learning experiences that our young learners need in order to give them a 21 st Century education. Teachers and parents both have access to progress monitoring data that shows exactly where your children are growing. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

With Core5, teachers are empowered to differentiate instruction for each student using meaningful data powered by Lexia’s patented Assessment Without Testing® technology. About Cambium Learning Group. To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Medium.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. Required reading: Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you’ve failed via Troy Hunt.). And what kind of impact data should they be tracking over the course of a season?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Join me today, Thursday, February 2nd, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com panel discussion on "Personal Learning Profiles," also referred to in variously as "personal success plans," "learner profiles," or "personalized learning paths." Barbara is what you call a “Digital Pioneer.”

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Neo LMS

MARCH 21, 2019

The thought of a machine capable of learning is indeed scary. You may remember some headlines a while ago about Facebook shutting down its AI program after it has invented its own language. Adaptive learning. This takes personalized learning on a deeper level. That’s probably the core of humanity’s fear monster.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

You may wonder how I connected groundhogs with 21st Century Learning. It wasn’t easy, but after I found out that Punxsutawney Phil had a Facebook account, I couldn’t resist contacting him. I do have a link to his Facebook below in my closing. As time went on, this practice became a lifelong learning experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2018

These free grade-level apps for iOS and Android are aimed directly at home use to support students who want to learn math at home with fun games, enticing videos, and the same clever interface they experience in school. Go to Zapzapmath’s Facebook page or Zapzapmath On the Web and play free. Want to test before downloading?

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

With Core5, teachers are empowered to differentiate instruction for each student using meaningful data powered by Lexia’s patented Assessment Without Testing® technology. To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , and Medium.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. Protecting students’ personal information is absolutely central to what we do and is a responsibility we do not bear lightly.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and the widow of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs are among the investors providing $6.4 We’ve also broken down data on where demands for ELL products are greatest , by region.). See also: Facebook Moves Into K-12 Arena With Parntership With Charter Network. million students. Pay Attention!

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

million, including drawing funds from Zuckerberg Education Ventures, one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s investment vehicles. In recent dealmaking news, Barnes & Noble Education acquired LoudCloud Systems and ed-tech startup Volley Labs raised $2.3

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2019

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Weary of unwanted scrutiny, companies that once described themselves as the “Facebook of education” are now scrambling to disassociate themselves from the beleaguered social network. Coming soon: Naughty Meals DAZED AND CONFUSED: No idea what personalized learning is? Neither do we!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

In some schools, digital tools are driving new models of teaching and learning, ones where technology helps teachers personalize learning so each student can learn at his or her own pace—whether a grade level behind or a grade level ahead of classmates. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Growing Beyond K-12 Davis said K12 chose Galvanize out of the crowded bootcamp space because of Galvanize’s mix of online and in-person learning and its 8,000-plus graduates who have gone on to work at more than 2,000 companies, including major technology stalwarts including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 27, 2016

A complex and challenging K-12 marketplace will get even more so, education company executives gathered here are learning this week, as they try to position their businesses for the opportunities of the future. The Future of Big Data and Analytics in K-12 Education. New Interoperability Standard Aims to Ease Major Ed-Tech Headache.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 24, 2016

So have you been on Facebook and seen the "Bill the Stickman" app by en.blobla.com ? Obviously with the post on the right, I immediately thought it was a data driven algorithm. In this case, what if it allowed me to take off the rose colored glasses in the way I see myself and truly see myself as others see me based on data?

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

From personalized learning to ethical analytics, what stood out amongst the conversations? But making assumptions about a student’s potential based on data alone comes with its own set of risks, explains Manuela Ekowo, a policy analyst with New America. That’s particularly true in the higher-education space.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

With personalized learning at the forefront of many school initiatives, the use of learning management systems has become a hot commodity among schools. With so many choices on where to build your digital classroom, the questions often arise: “Why do I need a learning management system? And which one do I choose?”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Let’s Chat.Bots in Higher Education : What if all of your college questions could be answered by sending a text or Facebook message? Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. When Public Education Data Isn’t Really Public : The U.S. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Unfortunately, what may be next is the same as all the other tech industries: an over reliance on the big 5 (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon) Well, what is Imagine K12, and why do they have to do with education? They can now offer things like full school and district data for analysis behind the paywall.

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