EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. For Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey, a library makerspace is a unique learning environment that encourages tinkering, play and open-ended exploration for all. Understand the Needs of Students in a Library Makerspace Project.

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TeacherCast

MAY 22, 2021

For many teachers, Google Forms is a quick and effortless way to create interactive surveys, tests, and quizzes for their students. But what do you do after you are finished with your survey or quiz? After you create your Google Form, you need to send your viewable survey to your end-users. What do I mean by this?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Today’s college students are spending more time than ever in public and campus libraries. According to a recent Pew Research Report , millennials are most likely to have visited a public library in the past year compared to any other generation.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Students and teachers can use the Glogpedia content library for science, math, and social studies. . Read more: 14 Awesome examples of Critical Thinking EdTech. In a survey I conducted recently in my classroom, 37.3 They become more engaged and empathetic as a result of the experience.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Tracy Smith, Parkland’s assistant to the superintendent for operations, spoke with EdTech about the district’s strategies and best practices for improving digital equity and shared her hopes for bringing broadband to every home in the Lehigh Valley region. . EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A few years ago, while working as a teacher librarian at Templeton Elementary School in Oregon, I had the opportunity to redesign the school’s library website to include digital resources for the students to use as part of a shift to 1:1 iPad learning. Identify the content needs of the district.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

After conducting an educator survey, Valver and his team found teachers would not only accept but embrace an online professional development platform. . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how blended learning tools such as Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom can help improve student engagement.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The federal E-rate program continues to provide expanded access to technology, including edtech tools, digital learning resources, and high-speed internet access, to schools, according to an annual report that takes stock of the program’s progress. Internet accessibility is an ongoing problem for students and library patrons.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities. A curated activity library is a fundamental tool in this process. The Widget Library. Image Credit: BookWidgets 2.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2020

With a clear ask from our teachers through a quick survey, Ivey began offering short tutorials twice a week on how to use and leverage basic-level and district-supported technologies and programs to reach students. They wanted a real person in the same, real situation to stand by their sides and march onward into the unknown.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As an educator and an edtech enthusiast with years of experience both in the classroom and in reviewing educational technology tools, I’ve always been passionate about finding tools that can transform our teaching and learning experiences. It turns quizzes and surveys into fun, game-like activities.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Did you know that according to a United States Department of Education survey, 94% of public school educators buy supplies with their own money ? Additionally, teachers and students are more comfortable with edtech as a result of remote teaching, and many activities such as homework can be easily done online. Be a volunteer.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

A new survey of K-8 teachers and students from LEGO Education found that nearly all (98 percent) of students say purposeful play helps them learn and the majority (96 percent) of teachers believe it’s more effective than traditional methods like lectures or textbooks. Here’s where purposeful play comes in.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With EdTech gaining ground, educational institutions, including schools and higher education institutions are increasingly leveraging the advances in technology to support their classrooms. Many EdTech platforms maintain a record of such communications for future reference.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Furthermore, while not every student has access to a notebook or tablet computer, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that 95% of American teens own a smartphone. The post Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

If the class is new to you, then you might take a bit of time at the beginning of the semester to get to know each student by administering surveys or creating your own brief questionnaires. There are entire libraries of free and low-cost apps to help students master more challenging content and develop higher-order skills.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2018

The goal, he says, is to create “an on-demand library for parenting tips.” He cites a Pew survey that found that 97 percent of American adults under age 50 have a cell phone. Text messages are one of the most accessible form of communication, and one of the reasons he chose that medium for Ready4K, says York.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Recently, I attended the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Portland, Oregon, hosted by NTEN , to catch up on the newest trends in educational technology (edtech) and learn about cutting-edge tools that may be integrated to boost adult learning and workforce development initiatives at Digital Promise.

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techieMusings

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Students took advantage of the vast royalty-free library available in WeVideo (which allows them to find the media they need without navigating to other websites). Tech Resources to Empower Students to Take Their Video Editing Skills to the Next Level. I liked the news unit because we worked with current events.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Premium users will also have access to a library of millions of images, which are displayed on the quizzes, and performance reports that track student progress. It’s a case reminiscent of other edtech companies that eventually moved away from “freemium” products.

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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. Teachers don’t have to create classroom videos on different subject matters; they can use suitable videos from an online video library. Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2019

In a national survey of HR leaders that we at Northeastern University conducted last year, 64 percent of employers said that they expect the need for continuous lifelong learning will demand higher levels of education and more credentials in the future. According to PWC’s 2018 Global CEO survey , only around half of U.S.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2024

These eBooks can be easily accessed from a library or a school computer. They get the ability to share questions, notes, annotations and other forms of input that are then shared and surveyed in real time. Teachers and students can easily access a digital textbook from whichever device is available to them.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 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. The ALA Declaration for the Right to Libraries. See my notes below for my own thoughts on the importance of libraries.

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eSpark

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The resulting demands on classroom management and teacher grace have been cited as contributing factors in the unprecedented exodus of teachers from the classroom, a fact underscored by survey results released by NEA in February, in which an astounding 55% of all educators indicated they were planning to leave the profession earlier than planned.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 18, 2022

Survey Your Students. The post Video-Assisted Learning: Using Educational Videos to Teach appeared first on ViewSonic Library. If you want to start implementing more complex methods of video-assisted learning, there are more advanced tools available that will help you capitalize specifically on the positive benefits.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the next phase of funding, money was invested in edtech products, which totaled $200 million in Michigan alone. At the start of the pandemic, schools in Michigan spent approximately 53% of their Phase I and II of ESSER funding on the continuity of services and keeping students afloat throughout the transition to online learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. adults lost their main source of internet access as libraries started to shut down in March 2020.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

As edtech-focused investors, we at Rethink Education set out to unpack the impact of the pandemic. In a SHRM survey, 68 percent of respondents reported sustaining their training budget through the pandemic. Virtual learning is here to stay, and focus is turning to engagement and efficacy.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A quick scan of the EdTech Top 40 – Fall 22 Report reveals that teachers in the United States used almost 148 digital tools, while students used nearly 143 digital tools in the school year 2021–22. It also provides users access to a huge database of professional quizzes and tests, including surveys, quizzes, training tools, etc.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

In a 2018 survey , the majority of school districts either have 1:1 as a current goal or have already achieved it. Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. Mike Schwab has spent his career in finance, enterprise software sales and edtech. Professional Development.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2019

One in 3 parents surveyed in a 2018 PDK Poll say they feared for their students’ safety—nearly three times the percentage in 2013. Such a system raises concerns and questions for Doug Levin, founder of EdTech Strategies. A study by Northeastern University researchers suggests that schools are safer than they were in the 1990’s.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

He specifically faults measures such as the National Student Survey , a satisfaction poll administered to undergraduates during their final year of study in colleges throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. His work focuses on British universities, where he says McDonaldization has taken hold more firmly than in the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 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. Our vision is to build sustainable libraries and support their custodians and advocates — librarians.

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Fractus Learning

JULY 14, 2016

When proper licensing rights are secured, students can receive e-books, eliminating strain on the school’s library and freeing teachers to assign books that they might have previously been unable to use in classrooms due to the associated costs of purchasing hard copies of books.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2023

And I think a lot of people in edtech or in computer science or just in information technology kind of understand inherently how different this technology is compared to other waves of education technology. All the different AI tools which is being built into everything we use is really a seismic shift. It's not just out there on its own.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

According to Manpower’s annual labor shortage survey , 45 percent of U.S. And, per the survey, the shortages span the hiring spectrum from skilled trades to sales people, engineers to accounting and finance staff. businesses reported difficulty finding appropriately trained workers, up from 32 percent reported in 2015.

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