Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch. But having worked with over 8,000 teachers, Swing Education had a pool of resources that remain in demand—not from schools, but from parents. It marks one of AVID’s first forays into online instructional content. We lost over 90 percent of our business almost overnight,” Teng adds.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. This will create a new demand for online tutoring services and I anticipate and hope that more federal resources are allocated to school districts to offer this 1:1 tutoring to students.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

Meanwhile, billions of dollars have been spent on edtech by these same school communities. Today’s edtech market is radically fragmented. And edtech companies cater to this fragmentation in their product design and marketing. And more to the point, how can edtech catalyze and accelerate a redesign of school itself?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In 2021, the New Hampshire Department of Education selected Discovery Education’s award-winning K-12 learning platform to support all New Hampshire learning environments with high quality instructional material. Since then, there have been more than one million engagements statewide for all Discovery Education resources.

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Classroom Education Instructional Materials EdTech 79

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Zeynep Tufekci shares her experiences more broadly (beyond education) in this provocative talk from June 2016: I’ll be spending some time later this week with friends and colleagues at the EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium and look forward to the dialogue. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition).

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EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

For teachers, this means providing equal access to educational experiences and ensuring that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed academically, socially and emotionally. Sometimes a simple edtech tool can make a significant difference.

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UDL Assistive Technology Accessibility Instructional Materials 177

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom, according to a survey from ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills. The home-school connection is not happening when it comes to SEL.

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Survey Instructional Materials EdTech Training 98

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 8, 2020

MIND Research Institute is a proud partner of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and the Education Commission of the States (ECS) – two of the most prominent and important venues for edtech policy discussion. Hundreds of state commissioners and edtech policy leaders joined the ECS Live!

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. For students who do not have appropriate materials in K–12, it can cost an additional $3,000 to earn a bachelor’s degree. .

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Twitter Instructional Materials Blended Learning Chromebook 220

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve established that I am a fan of open educational resources (OER) and think that K-12 educators and policymakers would benefit from thinking more deeply about the ownership of instructional materials. ” It addresses in a simple FAQ format questions including: What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills, announced the findings of its new survey of nearly 1,700 teachers to get their insights into the challenges of implementing social emotional learning (SEL) programs in today’s tumultuous educational environment.

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Survey Instructional Materials Learning Training 84

Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek , Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide. From equity, to cost, to teacher empowerment, many benefits of open resources exist.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 19, 2019

they will be producing the “Best of ISTE” podcast live on site featuring interviews with leading edtech presenters, educators and creators. Visit CA’s booth to learn about their research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools, including i-Ready and Ready Classroom Mathematics.

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Company Conference EdTech Microsoft 68

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2022

With a proven ability to build solid relationships, Coleman is in charge of creating and supporting new and ongoing partnerships with school district leaders and educational stakeholders in the implementation of assessment, instruction, and professional development products and services. To learn more about NABSE, visit NABSE.org.

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Instructional Materials Outcomes Education Assessment 89

eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2022

The report, Student Growth during COVID-19: Grade-Level Readiness Matters , analyzes data gathered from the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool for reading and mathematics from more than two million Grades 1–8 students who used i-Ready Diagnostics during the last three school years, using student testing location (i.e.,

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Trends Data Instructional Materials Assessment 93

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Some states, such as Nevada, also restrict the use of state supplemental academic intervention funds to programs that meet federal research standards and are elevating the importance of evidence-based and high-quality instructional materials. This is especially true for families with few resources.

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Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 119

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. K-12 OER Movement appeared first on EdTech Strategies. This is good news and cause for celebration.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This certification from Digital Promise is a testament to 95 Percent Group’s deep commitment to empowering teachers with resources and instructional approaches that are not only based in the Science of Reading, but that also demonstrate rigorous evidence of efficacy.

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Competency Based Learning EdTech Instructional Materials Company 58

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The first report, The State of Student Learning in 2022 , analyzes reading and mathematics data gathered from nearly two million Grades 1–8 students during the 2021–2022 school year via the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool.

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Trends Elementary Data Comparison 76

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

He has also won the Northeastern US Regional YPO Social Impact Award and EdTech Digest ’s CEO of the Year. Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools.

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Kaplan Industry Assessment Advocacy 98

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

One of the great promises of the increased adoption and use of technology in public education is the availability of new tools to collect and analyze data about how best to meet the individual needs of students, support educators, and allocate scarce resources. There simply is no room for instructional black boxes in public education.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Common Sense Media At the next level, edtech can be used for augmentation , to bring some other affordance or benefit to the teaching and learning experience—for example, when that worksheet becomes a shared Google Doc that allows for collaboration and increased critical thinking.

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Learning Examples Instructional Materials Blended Learning 216

EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

YouTube is only one of many online learning resources to make getting a college degree more straightforward and accessible. Every minute, 500 hours worth of video material is posted to YouTube. The production cost of an instructional film is often far lower than that of a Hollywood-worthy video.

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Classroom Khan Academy Smartphone Video 162

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools. I need to focus my energy on preparing resources to help the teachers I work with be ready to go virtual,” she added. “As For that, I’m definitely grateful.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The resources provided through this partnership will support middle school and high school teachers as they build bridges between classrooms and careers for all students. Delaware educators can find out more about accessing the new resources available through this partnership by emailing deleducators@Discoveryed.com. DOVER, Del.,

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STEM Education Industry Schoology 52

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

These tools help create instructional content, interactive lessons, polling surveys, activities, and students’ opportunities to ask questions and communicate effectively. Flipped classroom models empower students to do classroom work at home using multimedia presentations and online learning platform resources.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity. The d.school has a great Prototyping Dashboard you can use to organize the hypotheses.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Today, the graveyard of K-12 edtech marketplaces is littered with stalled attempts, many from companies that are no longer around. Collecting a lot of resources is easy. Collecting good resources is hard. Companies large and small have tried their hands; just three years ago, EdSurge tallied more than a dozen similar platforms.

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techlearning

APRIL 17, 2018

Renaissance ® announces Learning A-Z, a literacy-focused pre-K–6 educational provider of technology-enabled learning resources, as its latest Renaissance Growth Alliance™ partner. The companies are working together to provide personalized reading instruction.

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Instructional Materials Assistive Technology Blended Learning Learning 40

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

“These next generation Summit Math courses were developed as part of a digital-first curriculum for schools that want to engage and personalize learning for each student and empower teachers with powerful instructional materials,” said Sean P. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

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Adaptive Learning Instructional Materials Course Blended Learning 40

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Contributing to the difficulty of transitioning to meaningful technology integration is the idea that technology exists as a tool separate from curriculum and instruction and then treating it as such.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

Blum: At ACT (which acquired OpenEd),we’re focused on the question of: If you’ve identified the learning gap, what’s the best instructional material to help the student? Not just ACT material; we want to give you the best instructional resource we can find. We use machine learning to pinpoint those.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself. While the projects are service-oriented, such as building a pollinator garden and bee hive, the students use digital resources at multiple points to complete the project.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Helping Learners Find Their ZPD Understanding what “tailoring instruction” means and what it takes to make it happen is critical when implementing a personalized learning model. For Reyes, it’s about using purposeful groupings, choosing relevant instructional materials and modifying content to align with learning interests and needs.

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Personalized Learning Meeting Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials 91

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Open source educational software and openly licensed instructional materials present an alternative to the market-driven requirements of commercial technology vendors. Students and schools should be able to access and export all of their data to the service providers of their choice or for their own needs.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 49

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Home may be the new classroom, but instructional approaches are slower to change. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. One key finding in the report and the full survey : Teachers’ instructional materials didn’t necessarily change to meet the needs of remote instruction.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Johnston County educators are confident they will continue to see growth, and they credit Savvas for being part of the “right mix of expertise, resources, and support” that is delivering real results for the district’s students. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources.

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