Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

Leaders of the International Society for Technology in Education are launching the organization’s first-ever effort to raise revenue through licensing fees tied to companies’ use of the organization’s digital standards, the group’s chief executive officer said Sunday.

Microsoft 67

Microsoft Digital Divide Conference Company 67

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

While there is still work to do in closing the digital divide, access is becoming less of a limiting factor for game-based learning. art, design, technology, sound/music, project management). Nearly all of these skills are required for jobs in a digital world with an increasingly distributed workforce.

Game-Based Learning 167

Game-Based Learning Broadband Learning Company 167

Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

After all, the digital divide remains a big issue across the country, and students may be participating in distance learning from wireless hot spots. Plus, it's not safe to assume that parents and guardians will be comfortable using video conferencing, even if their internet connection and technology access are up to par.

Conference 98

Conference Digital Divide LMS Meeting 98

Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has come with specific challenges for teachers: Keeping students engaged during hybrid or fully remote learning, addressing systemic inequity and the digital divide, and coping with days of seemingly endless multitasking are just a few among so many other obstacles.

Tools 97

Tools Learning Microsoft Google 97

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The technology that tracks digital records has spurred a cryptocurrency gold rush and an NFT explosion. New technology could push these questions further by offering people more alternatives to institutions of all kinds. That would be the block chain. That’s what Saraf, of k20 Educators, says she’s building. and between the U.S.

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Education Groups Robotics Course 177

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education.

Learning 142

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 142

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2014

She argued that the future is found in the present, and that many of the top science fiction films feature technology that already is in existence. Technology of the future is already here - we just haven''t seen it released on the general public yet. One technology that caught my eye was the universal translator.

Learning 59

Learning E-rate Digital Divide Microsoft 59

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

This quick move to emergency remote teaching has left educators scrambling to figure out how to use digital tools, online resources, and apps to continue their teaching at a distance. Unfortunately, across the board, educators have not been prepared to teach well with technology, let alone teach remotely with technology.

Digital Divide 211

Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 211

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Verizon has committed over $3 billion to help schools pay for technology, hoping “to leave no student behind.” Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, gave $10 million to a single school district in California, aimed at closing digital disparities. More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago.

Technology 169

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Many teachers use “synchronous” classes, where they and students meet simultaneously on platforms like Google Hangouts or Microsoft Teams. When it comes to technology, the best options for teachers during this crisis are usually the simplest.

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 2, 2020

We opted for a virtual conference and decided to use Microsoft Teams and YouTube Live for our platform. We decided on the following tracks: Equity As we moved online it became more important than ever to address the digital divide. This enabled us to run a virtual conference without having to purchase an expensive technology.

Conference 110

Conference Accessibility Microsoft Digital Citizenship 110

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

While especially helpful for her students with less digital experience, it also seemed to lessen the technology fatigue of her students overall. This agency also comes into play with Immersive Reader , a tool on Microsoft devices with similar browser extensions. “I feel like their stress factor lowers.

Tools 43

Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Bill Gates dropped out of college at the age of 20 and made a revolutionizing company, “Microsoft”. High-Quality Education Comes With High Education Costs Many institutions now have full facilities and services like healthcare, technological devices, counseling, research, dormitories, and institutional support.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Ultimately, however, to unlock solutions to some of education’s thorniest challenges like segregation, inequity, and digital divides, it may pay off to find new methods to work not just harder, but smarter, from the outset. .

System 167

System Education Laptops Digital Divide 167

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Thanks to — or because of — technology change happens at a faster rate than ever before, and education makes no exception. But any of what currently happens in edtech couldn’t be possible without the driving passion for education and technology of people. You know the saying “The only constant is change”. Edtech is always changing.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2021

Starting in July 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Education distributed computers to connect to classes and implemented the Microsoft Teams system as the official teaching system. However, the digital divide has remained. The problem was the technology gap” in terms of skills.

Khan Academy 167

Khan Academy Digital Divide Microsoft System 167

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

I think a lot about the future of technology and its potential impacts on students and the K-12 education system (intended and unintended). While not every piece speaks directly to K-12 education issues at present, they all speak to the wider milieu from which our conceptions of public education and consumer technology are derived.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

I think a lot about the future of technology and its potential impacts on students and the K-12 education system (intended and unintended). While not every piece speaks directly to K-12 education issues at present, they all speak to the wider milieu from which our conceptions of public education and consumer technology are derived.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Integrating technology in the classroom not only cultivates digital literacy but also fosters collaborative and personalized learning environments. What are technology tools for teaching and learning? What are technology tools for teaching and learning? What tools and technology are used for teaching?

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 57

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. — Babak D. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp.

EdTech 118

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 118

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. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via MIT Technology Review : “Another Price Slash Suggests the Oculus Rift Is Dead in the Water.” Via The New York Times : “To Close Digital Divide, Microsoft to Harness Unused Television Channels.” ” Via MIT Technology Review : “U.S. to Fund Advanced Brain-Computer Interfaces.”

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” From the story: “Online education company Udacity plans to branch out of its core technology market to meet growing demand for digitally-skilled workers in areas such as banking and the car industry, its co-founder told Reuters as the company launched in Germany.” ” Upgrades and Downgrades. ” Kudos. .

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Also off campus, not on-: “ Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide.” Via Bloomberg Technology : “How Thync , Startup Behind Brain-Zapping Gadget, Almost Died.” .” Well, this was off campus, not on-: “ California lake trashed, University of Oregon students suspected.”

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

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