EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

When developing this year’s theme for the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking , we decided to build the event around changing mindsets. Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 education’s top tech hurdles to innovation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on 10 back-to-school resources for edtech leaders originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. CoSN Resources on AI offer insight, advice and peer experiences that will guide EdTech leaders in harnessing the power of AI to enhance learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on 10 back-to-school resources for edtech leaders originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. CoSN Resources on AI offer insight, advice and peer experiences that will guide EdTech leaders in harnessing the power of AI to enhance learning. Explore the Dashboard here.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2019

CoSN 2019: New Analytics Dashboard Measures Education Technology ROI. Students now have more devices than ever, making it more challenging to measure whether these technologies are being used correctly in the classroom and how they are affecting student outcomes. . How do you really justify technology?” Twitter.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

Public schools are online just as much as their students, it seems, with profiles across social media. Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 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. A Clever Way to Measure How Students Actually Use Edtech (and Whether It Works).

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, 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. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). " Tagged on: September 6, 2017 More Or Less Technology In The Classroom? . "Don't

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, 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. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). " Tagged on: September 6, 2017 More Or Less Technology In The Classroom? . "Don't

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

This annual event aims to accelerate the development and adoption of data standards that allow technologies used in schools to “talk” to one another. This sharing of data between different social apps is possible because they have a standard way of exchanging this data. And that creates data that can be shared.

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techlearning

JULY 23, 2018

and the MLB All Star game were the backdrop for the inaugural CoSN Student Data Privacy Workshop. The framework of this event was the CoSN Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal Program. We all agreed that student data privacy is a mindset and cultural change that will take time. Washington, D.C.

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eSpark

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Just when you thought you had this data privacy thing down, along comes a new technology to change the game. The rise of artificial intelligence has both opened up new opportunities and raised new questions about everything from safety and privacy to bias and ethics. Never use real names, especially student names.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

According to a student data privacy law passed there a few years ago, anyone who collects or shares students’ personally identifiable information (or PII, as the shorthand goes) can be punished by up to six months in prison or $10,000 in fines. How do you help them navigate the law and not be afraid of technology?

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

. — Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? During these first few days of schools moving online, educators are adjusting to a new—and likely chaotic—environment. The pledge is legally enforceable, Vance adds.).

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

Approximately 13,000 SXSWedu attendees scurry back and forth from the Austin Convention Center to massive hotels in the center of the city, noses glued to their phones as they search for the next event. percent decrease in the amount of students who don’t return after summer and a 3.9 Tools and Courses WHO’S USING WHAT?

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2023

Does your school district or higher ed institution use a learning management system (LMS), digital curriculum resources, learning tools, assessment applications, a badging platform, a single-sign-on application launcher or a student information system? In 2006 the consortium featured 50 member organizations.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

. When technology is offered to schools free of charge, it always comes with the promise of improving teaching and learning. Thirty years ago, Channel One offered schools nationwide $30,000 worth of audiovisual equipment at no cost in exchange for requiring students to view a daily current events program during class.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Challenge When Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) began deploying its 1:1 initiative several years ago, the district’s instructional and technology teams worked closely together to ensure teachers had the support and professional development required to ensure the initiative was a success.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alex Seage built a career leading technology and innovation in the cruise industry, which also provided him with a deep understanding of the technology needed to improve the experience for cruise guests. Nominee: Alex Seage, Christopher Columbus High School Nominated by: Samsung Electronics America.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Girls Who Code. URL: girlswhocode.com. URL: www.inacol.org. URL: makered.org.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Sigelman, of Burning Glass Technologies, captured this point succinctly: “40 percent of the skills required today for the same job are different than the skills required a decade ago.” All the major K-12 traditional textbook publishers were present at the event but only one—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—got speaking time on stage.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools. Previously, about half of the students in the United States were in adoption states, but the number of pure adoption states has decreased. Join the Community.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Students can write original, creative stories, biographies, retell a historical event, retell from a new perspective, tell a math word problem as a story, tell a story of a science experiment, etc. Overview : “Teachers can struggle with teaching ratio and proportion concepts to students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. What is one positive effect technology has had on education?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

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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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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Apple had a big press event this week. “Apple’s New Focus: Student ID Cards ,” says Inside Higher Ed. .” ” No mention of how corporations flood these events with their products and pitches.

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