Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Apple also reached out with iPad Pros and other hardware at a discounted rate. At the time, Benjamin Johnson, the university’s director of media and public relations, said the retail value of each iPad and associated technology was more than $1,000, but the university will pay a discounted rate. Amazon gave Echo Dots. Charitable?

Company 81

Company E-rate iPad Training 81

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. Deb : As you know, we’re spending a lot of time with a web designer to develop interactive tools that now allow us drill into local data and perform comparative analysis–state to state, district to district. Joyce : Thanks, Deb.

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Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

TeacherCast

APRIL 9, 2015

She works hard to provide a safe e-mail service for kids, and helps educate parents on tools to help keep their children safe from online threats like cyberbullying and strangers. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes ([link] and write a brief review.

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Internet Safety E-rate Facebook Company 68

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Merritt solicited the support of its E-rate consultant, Julie Watson, who provided invaluable advice on how to fund an upgrade. They began helping each other implement the digital classroom tools, going to ISTE , and sharing information and best practices with each other and at Edcamps.

Digital Learning 92

Digital Learning Guidelines E-rate Edcamps 92

Education Superhighway

JUNE 21, 2017

Leveraged E-rate modernization. For more district stories, follow us on Twitter and Facebook and make sure to subscribe below. Check out the three steps that led to Darby’s success: Calculated their bandwidth requirements. This allowed them to pay for the non-recurring costs of the upgrade over a four-year period.

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Analysis Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

In late 2015, Education SuperHighway received a $20 million grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation, the charitable group of the chief executive of Facebook and his wife, a pediatrician. Do you think schools are using the new transparency provided by E-rate to negotiate better deals? Absolutely.

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Meeting E-rate Broadband Blended Learning 40

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The free differentiation tool to help students level up and learn. Schools Full of Readers: Tools for Teachers, Coaches and leaders to Support Students , is also from 2019. Stay tuned to learn about this amazing differentiation and intervention tool for kindergarten through fifth grade reading and math teachers.

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Differentiated Instruction Elementary Groups How To 337

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2007 Jane Hart , Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) , has been creating the most wonderful lists of tools based on international survey input from educators, experts, instructional designers, consultants, developers and vendors. Check out her Movers & Shakers to explore the movement.).

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iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

EdTechTeam

MAY 25, 2018

What makes this cool is that they appear at the same rate as your speech – pause and they will appear on a new line. To edit length just tap the scissors tool. You can share your Clip with your contacts using Messages or through your choice of social networks, including YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and Instagram. Live Titles.

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iPhone E-rate Libraries Video 67

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

Videos are probably a more effective way to introduce you to a game than some kind of app overview page with nebulous, consumer-driven ratings. e.width){e.setAttribute("data-vertical", "true")}})(this);'' onerror=''(function(e){e.setAttribute("src", "https://media-cdn.list.ly/missing-image.png");})(this);'' Portal 2 Teaser Trailer.

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Video E-rate Learning Mobility 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Because digital devices and online environments can simultaneously be transformatively empowering and maddeningly disruptive, the work of integrating digital learning tools into schools is usually difficult and complex. Fears about digital learning tools are especially tricky because they’re primarily emotional, not logical.

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Digital Learning Technology Mobility E-rate 82

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

We are delighted that Terry will be delivering a keynote speech at this year''s European Distance and E-Learning Network ( EDEN ) Conference in Zagreb in June. tools or user generated content tools are very exciting and I think promise to greatly enhance distance teaching and learning.

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E-rate Conference Social Media Study 73

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

You can keep up with ALA and other library-related news and information by subscribing to the free award-winning weekly e-newsletter AL Direct at [link]. But how do you find quality tools for student learning -- and integrate them into your teaching? First, you can discover new tools rated for learning.

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Libraries Conference Game-Based Learning Education 55

Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. And the everything else bit is rated much higher in terms of career progression. But it doesn’t happen.

E-rate 32

E-rate LMS Learning Course 32

Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. And the everything else bit is rated much higher in terms of career progression. But it doesn’t happen.

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E-rate Learning LMS Course 32

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. While Kno has fixed its issues, it appears as though Stanza, a popular e-reader app, will remain in the app graveyard. Lesson plans can be shared via LearnBoost, but also via Twitter or Facebook and can be embedded on websites and/or blogs.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. From Facebook notifications to Snapstreaks to YouTube autoplays, they're all competing for one thing: your attention.

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EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Sociologist Alvin Toffler described three waves of evolution in our interaction with tools. In one minute there are over 2 million search queries on Google, 6 million Facebook views, over 200 million e-mails sent and 100,000 tweets. This assumes that the growth rate will continue at its current pace, which of course it won't.

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E-rate Mobility Social Media Laptops 66

Learning with 'e's

JULY 6, 2011

It is turning out to be one of my most successful posts of the year, and not just because of the hit rate. Others simply cannot blog because their school is blocking access to certain tools and services on the web. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. You only publish what you want to when you hit the Publish button.

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E-rate Personal Learning Network Social Media Facebook 69

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

New audiovisual tools are supporting next-level collaboration, soft skills development, and design thinking in K-12 schools. Family and friends who cannot attend in person can feel the pride of graduation or the excitement of a production of “The Music Man” with Facebook Live, YouTube, or Periscope via smartphones.

Elementary 48

Elementary Trends Case Study System 48

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Whether you consider people sharing billions of popular memes and photos on platforms like Facebook or Tumblr, or teachers swapping syllabi and lesson plans with each other, all of these materials are automatically and fully copyrighted by their creators and sharing them is illegal without a license granting you permission to share.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I believe it is inevitable that technological tools and services will become more integral to schools and schooling. How, for whom, and to what ends these tools will be employed, however, all deserve much deeper and critical investigations. We need other better stories about the future of technology in education.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I believe it is inevitable that technological tools and services will become more integral to schools and schooling. How, for whom, and to what ends these tools will be employed, however, all deserve much deeper and critical investigations. We need other better stories about the future of technology in education.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Please consider liking our Learning Revolution Facebook page (it''s not our primary method of communicating or organizing, but we think it will help bring awareness to what we and our partners are doing). Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community.

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state."

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Google and Facebook both announced that they would try to eliminate fake news from appearing in their result lists and newsfeeds by blocking fake news sources from using their ad networks. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit and Tumblr played huge roles in disseminating political information during the past election season.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. ” Just grand that Facebook is running a bunch of media literacy and digital training courses for community colleges.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

The department’s proposed language would require a student borrower to demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that their college intended to deceive them or had a reckless disregard for the truth in making claims about job-placement rates, credit transferability and other outcomes.” ” “What Can the CEO of a $1.6-Billion

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users.”

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates. Small world).

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. The stories out of Facebook just keep getting worse. I mean, I’m just glad that no one from Facebook is involved in education, ed-tech, ed reform, or education journalism. What are these jobs?

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via The Daily Beast : “ Palmer Luckey : The Facebook Near-Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine.” Well, one thing’s for certain: between this and Peter Thiel on its board, Facebook is well-positioned for a Trump presidency. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Purdue boasted that Course Signals increased retention by 21%, making it an incredibly effective tool.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” In other news culled from the Google blog: “ Introducing Spaces , a tool for small group sharing.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46