EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Creative applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud are helping students develop soft skills employers value. Here’s how. Older students use the Tynker platform to code while younger students use tablet computers, Principal John Beeck told EdTech. . Get Creative with Digital Art Platforms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Human robot. By fifth grade, students appreciate technology for how it can speed up their class projects and seek out ways to use it to make their educational journey easier. Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Here’s how to create one on PCs: Click Start. Click here for more detail and a how-to video.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

I want to provide my students with opportunities to learn how to code using the Evo robots , which use a color coding language. When my students have advanced past color programming, they can program the same robots using Blockly/Java script. Esra Murray, library media specialist, Cider Mill Elementary School, Connecticut.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Read on to learn how to use technology in the classroom to truly engage students. Students explaining their learning and how they were able to meet the outcomes.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 10, 2017

An EdTech Playground. EdTech Playgrounds provide opportunities for collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. An EdTech Playground is a mobile space that can be set up in small or large areas. The resources that are featured in our EdTech Playgrounds come directly from our classrooms and libraries.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 14, 2019

This is one of the ideas suggested in my book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch Edtech Missions in Your Classroom. Book and Web Tool Reviews – Get students to create short audio or video trailers of the books they read in class or from the library. Discover more resources and ideas here !

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

In the daily edtech trenches, the forest is easily lost for the trees. Remember, robots are [just] adding machines. The ubiquity of information, however, means that we will no longer interact with the internet in the physical world; users might be able to read a book, or a whole library, by blinking commands into a smart contact lens.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Many educators currently embarked upon a personalized learning journey with their students cannot say for sure whether personalized learning necessarily requires edtech, whereas others appear to make little distinction between personalized learning and tech-based instruction—all of which echoes the confusion seen across the community at large.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States. VEX Robotics demonstrated its VEX GO and VEX 123 solutions.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. gadoeteachertakeover #librariesofinstagram #blackhistory #mlk #edtech #research #2ndgrade #peace #gaed #gaedu #teachersofig #bookstagram #literacy #mlkday #transliteracy.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Via The New York Times : “ Karlie Kloss Teaches Teenage Girls How to Code.” Techcrunch says that “ EdTech is having a renaissance , powered by the emerging world.”

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Last year, we tried just letting students decide what they wanted to do, but we found that most of them were either unsure of what to try or all wanted to try something different and didn’t know how to start. They often lead the work while I assist other students in the library or teach classes.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

How to Manage Multiple Google Accounts. 20 NEW Ways to Use #GoogleClassroom #gttribe #SUL #googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. googleedu #gttribe #edtech Click To Tweet.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Volunteer at Library 2.014. Big thanks and a special shout out to our Library 2.0 Student Entrepreneurship.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

Whether educators need to learn how to use edtech tools, analyze student data or implement Common Core standards, online PD can offer educators support when and where they need it. But how can school leaders integrate online PD into their culture quickly and effectively?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Get ideas on how to participate! The great majority of these events are free to attend. More information. More information.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

While technology has opened a world of learning opportunities for students beyond the classroom, many teachers lack access to these resources and the know-how to integrate them effectively. Using block-based coding, students would guide the robot through the maze.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Mark Nichols, Digital Promise Fellow Citizen Journalism - Lesley Farmer, Professor of Library Media CLASS: Connected Learning Activities through Social Service - Sebastian Panakal, Chairperson Classrooms without Borders: A Teacher's Guide to International Collaborative Projects - Philip J. Principal, St. Make a Difference.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H. AR: [One of the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2018

For Middle School, they are designed for the grading period time frame typical of those grade levels, with topics like programming, robotics, and community service with tech. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. Lessons build on each other kindergarten through 5th grade. Who needs this.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

“What we realized in the classrooms was that there were a lot of things being done by the gut—it looked good and felt good, but there was no science behind choices teachers were making,” Kolb tells EdSurge, rifling off robots, flexible seating and Chromebooks as among the trends and tools that aren’t being used to their full advantage.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Not only do they need the skills to navigate and utilize technology, but they need to understand how technology can connect them with people, places, and resources that were previously unreachable. My high hope: Why not show students how to create with VR and AR? What will edtech make possible this school year? It is good!

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The partnership, entering its fifth year, enables Follett customers to enjoy seamless integration with their Destiny solution, and lets students begin their library experience without delay, saving district staff from having to carry out time-consuming updates. published a new report which addresses latest trends in EdTech in the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When the pandemic started, Upchurch knew this would permanently change how students learn. The challenge was how to quickly adapt to the circumstances and make sure all students in the district had easy, affordable, and quick access to the technologies needed to succeed throughout the school year and in years to come.

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techlearning

JULY 12, 2018

Baltimore, MD – July 12, 2018 – Edtech company Workbench Education today announced the expansion of a partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for the 2018 - 2019 school year. The Workbench mission is to make teaching with projects easy and scalable in schools, districts, and libraries across the globe.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform. STUDYSYNC ( www.studysync.com ) StudySync now offers over 100 Spanish titles in its digital library.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Software & Online CAPSTONE PEBBLEGO SPANISH DATABASE FOR K-12 STUDENTS ( www.capstonepub.com/library/digital/whats-new/ ) Capstone is pleased to announce its most popular PebbleGo databases are now available in Spanish. edtech market. Capstone is pleased to announce its most popular PebbleGo databases are now available in Spanish.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

We should learn how to do it right. We should also learn how to avoid the pitfalls of poorly implemented game based learning. Our Capital Cities – How a classroom studied the forms of government by creating worlds in Minecraft. 5 Lessons Video Games Can Teach EdTech Developers. Episode 204, Every Classroom Matters.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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techlearning

AUGUST 9, 2018

We need to have students understand this medium as well as how to have an educated argument in person. This past year, one of our middle schools did just that by wiping away the bell schedule and spending time with student teams identifying issues with the school and proposals for how to fix them. This goes far beyond “fake news”.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” Robotics in the classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!), Please join us!

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techlearning

MAY 1, 2018

Baltimore, MD – May 1, 2018 – Edtech company Workbench Education today announced the launch of a multi-device application programming hub , which will enable students and teachers to code multiple Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) products within a single browser-based Blockly canvas.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” “Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

A New York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub , the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites.” ” “Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe,” according to an investor in Edsurge. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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