eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This partnership expands its ability to support more schools and districts nationwide, increasing delivery of personalized learning and supporting equitable achievement for all students. Through seamless LTI or API integration, schools can leverage EdisonLearning’s courses and FocalPointK12’s advanced analytics, all in one place.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 15, 2021

Techquity,” as defined by educator and consultant Ken Shelton in a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by NetRef , is the intersection of the use of technology and ensuring equitable learning environments. in education with a specialization in educational technology as well as new media design and production. He holds an M.A.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Flocks of educators and entrepreneurs have made their way down to San Antonio this week for the mecca of edtech conferences, hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education—better known as ISTE. classrooms. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE. The app will be ready to use starting in September.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

teachers were stressed out about logging in to the point where some would just give up on using technology and go back to their regular pen and paper process. In his 16 years of working in IT, Tam Nguyen has grown uncomfortably familiar with these types of calls and the resulting reluctance of teachers to adopt new technologies.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

Among the software slated to be released under an open-source license is the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere. That group says it plans to announce more details about the partnership at its upcoming meeting in early May.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

It doesn’t matter because the changes to higher education are happening because of economics, demographics and, most of all, technology. On-campus Edtech. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It’s time once again for The Hulk of edtech conferences— Educause , which kicks off fully on Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif. So we decided to track down this heroic jokester for a more in-depth interview with the IT official (who we’ll keep anonymous, though you could track him down with a bit of Googling).

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

The use of virtual learning technologies can actually make this easier in some respects, as many systems can compile and report data automatically, but qualitative judgments by the educators who interact with students remain crucial, and must also be documented and shared.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

It doesn’t matter because the changes to higher education are happening because of economics, demographics and, most of all, technology. On-campus Edtech. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Campus Technology : “Recipients of 2018 McGraw Prize in Education Revealed.” Because technology imperialism. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Her remarks.) .”

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edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

The answer to these questions is yes, so said educational leaders and edtech specialists in an edLeader Panel, sponsored by Gaggle and CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate. They described how districts and schools successfully used sophisticated technology to read students’ “digital signals” to meet their academic and social-emotional needs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Using Technology for Energy Savings.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. 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. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition).

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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. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? Via GeekWire : “ Project Unicorn signs first companies to help schools handle the hairball of edtech data.” National) Education Politics. ”). .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” Via Vice : “ Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service.” Part 3 of EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin’s look at schools’ data collection and data security: “ Ad Tracking & Surveillance.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. And yet schools continue to invest millions and millions of dollars in more and more technology.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Accelerate Learning has raised $10 million from Owl Ventures.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

The Department of Education has released a “Higher Education Supplement to the National Education Technology Plan ,” just in the nick of time I guess. ” “ Harvard/MIT Report Analyzes 4 Years of MOOC Data ,” Campus Technology reports. More via Inside Higher Ed. More on the report via Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. ” Google announces “Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science.” ” Here’s the rub: it’s an LMS. “Can U.S.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. ” Education in the Courts. ”).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” ” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. Apple , as always, helps us see how criticism-free technology journalism can be. The CEO has resigned.

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