Shake Up Learning

APRIL 7, 2020

I always come back to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and meeting these basic needs is more important than a worksheet or checklist. If your school has enabled a video conferencing tool like Zoom or Hangouts Meet, set aside a couple of hours to be online for any students who want to chat. Choose a Platform and Stick with It!

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management. Katie Blot, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, says she can trace at least 5 of those deals to a meeting at ASU+GSV. edtech industry.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 30, 2016

to share ideas, meet new people and see old friends. This year we didn’t exhibit at ISTE, but I attended the event to hold meetings and scope out the landscape. Now that I’ve made the transition to startup CEO, some conferences are must-attend events. One of them is ISTE.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 6, 2020

In this candid interview, I chat with Jennifer Pearson, a tech coach who recently evacuated from China due to the Corona Virus. by Jennifer Pearson. Publish a weekly meeting schedule that gives students a daily option to join a meeting and send the schedule to parents in their weekly email. Coronavirus Closures?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Monday, March 4, 5 p.m.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The company has also begun partnering with other companies such as Pearson and Microsoft. Even so, Ramirez described the edtech environment as “extremely challenging.” His advice to other edtech entrepreneurs? to meet a student at their current level and improve their competency.” WriteLab had previously raised about $3.2

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2021

“To address the many structural issues and long-standing inequities in our society, we must think differently about how we approach and deliver an education and training ecosystem that meets the needs of all constituents,” said Josh Slayton, senior vice president of corporate development and impact investing for ECMC Group. “At

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2020

How to Integrate Google Classroom with Google Meet. prepare for online and blended learning, more and more schools are relying on Google Classroom and Google Meet to deliver online lessons and assignments. In this post, I will share how you how to integrate Google Classroom with Google Meet. As teachers across the U.S.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Arati has an M.Ed. Join the Community.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. The amount of the sponsorships was not disclosed.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Edtech, I believe, is going through a similar rebuilding moment powered by three trends: widely available infrastructure, the catalytic impact of spending by both the government and philanthropy in education, and—finally—the embrace of edtech by educational institutions and educators themselves. Not yet convinced?

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

When edtech companies approach Kara Monroe, they all tout how their product is different from everybody else’s. There’s huge amount of money coming into the edtech market for adaptive learning, personalized learning, competency-based materials, open materials. So much is coming at us,” Monroe says.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

Angela has also authored or co-authored 13 books, including Blended Vocabulary for K–12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital Tools and Direct Instruction (2017) and the bestseller The Data Teams Experience: A Guide to Effective Meetings (2014). Dr. Kimberly Tyson. Kimberly Tyson, or “Dr. I feel like my own vocabulary has exploded.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

It’s become known as the edtech industry’s rendezvous for investors and bankers—although it wasn’t always this way. “It It’s very easy to feel FOMO, across all the panels, keynotes, workshops, receptions and serendipitous meetings in the hallways. Pearson is launching its own. Investors: 65 to 400.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2017

Many new CEOs face a learning curve when they enter the edtech industry. But at Kickboard , an online school culture system management system, it’s a straight dive in for Stefan Kohler, a former teacher and executive at companies including Scholastic and Pearson.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors. There were all the usual trappings of a startup demo day. But Y Combinator’s event this week also came with heavy machinery and special snacks.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Long known for building learning solutions from the ground up to be used successfully in a blended classroom and online learning environment, Savvas, formerly Pearson K12 Learning, set out to further enhance its content and advanced technologies for more optimized remote teaching. Teaching Resources and Professional Learning Support.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Four judges selected Quottly out of 10 early-stage edtech startups that each have raised no more than $2 million. The company is running pilot projects of the system with an online psychology textbook by Pearson (with just a few hundred students so far) and with an educational game made by Sesame Workshop. Watson defty replied, “Ouch!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

We’ve been doing this for seven years now, and it’s been a great opportunity to not only meet people but have people on the show and share their stories. Jeff has provided Keynote speeches for the Pearson Authentic Learning Conference, EdTechNJ, and most recently at Columbia University’s Teacher College and Podcast Mid-Atlantic conference.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2020

Now is not the time for new tools, as we learned from Jennifer Pearson. Google Meet). Schools and teachers who had ignored things like G Suite and Google Classroom were in a sink or swim situation. But if schools didn’t have anything in place or expectations for teachers to use it, you had to find a solution quickly.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

One of the first tips I learned from Jennifer Pearson in this podcast interview , was to use a checklist for students. This comes in handy for modifications as we are trying to meet the needs of all learners. If you are all using Google Classroom, use it consistently. Use a Daily/Weekly Checklist.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how FERPA has changed over the years and what updates mean for K–12 schools. In-house storage requires both situational awareness and strong encryption , Clyde tells EdTech. If technology pros can’t meet in the middle, “you may need to retrain them or hire different IT staff.” .

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

One of the first tips I learned from Jennifer Pearson in this podcast interview , was to use a checklist for students. This comes in handy for modifications as we are trying to meet the needs of all learners. If you are all using Google Classroom, use it consistently. Use a Daily/Weekly Checklist.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

The structure of demand created the “Big Three”—McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson. These companies help school systems meet a new policy requirement—social-emotional learning, English Language Learning, and reading assessment, respectively. Now there’s a large and growing edtech investment industry.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2017

Edtech companies, many of which already partner with teachers and students early in the product design process, are uniquely suited to facilitating the type of research necessary to bridge the gap between academia and the classroom. Surveys reveal that purchasers of edtech products rarely make decisions based on the rigorous evidence.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2017

It must meet the needs of a student population whose linguistic, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds vary widely—no small feat for a small network of schools, let alone the largest in the state. As one of the nation’s largest and most diverse districts, DPS faces numerous challenges.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

In rooms on the upper floors were private meetings to wheel and deal. She noted a likely “clampdown” due to concerns over student data privacy, and central district offices are on the hook to make sure that edtech tools are secure. edtech funding this decade in 2015 and 2018. What’s impact? Don’t bet on these.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. Kelly met him through Planet3 co-founder Albert Yu-Min Lin when Lin received an award sponsored by Switch, Kelly told EdTech Digest at the time. He had the money, at least $13 million raised by July 2016. headquarters in June 2017, Planet3 executives laid off the staff.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The initiative will also connect ISTE and Nearpod members with edtech experts through learning networks that offer topic-focused learning opportunities and online discussions to keep teachers updated on classroom technologies. Teachers and administrators are empowered with tools that meet the needs of everyone for any sized school.

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edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2021

And then there’s the Cisco Webex Room Kit camera, which, noted Scheurle, was a big part of helping the school meet its educational goals. Michael has held leadership positions in sales and marketing with Learning Bird, Follett Software Company, ETA hand2mind, Pearson, Cengage and McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Join the Community.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 31, 2021

Sign Up for Meeting/Conference Time-Slots. Here are detailed directions from Steph Pearson on how to set this up! A workaround is to embed a Google Form on the bottom of your page to gather feedback. Contact/Parent Information Forms. So much paper goes home to parents! BONUS: Use Doc Appender for Student Observations!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Earlier this week representatives from Pearson, the Bill Gates Foundation, the Center for Education Reform, American Public Education, Inc. Around 100 attendees representing edtech startups, the New York City Department of Education, venture capitalists, teachers and administrators listened carefully during the event in midtown Manhattan.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Buchesy says Pi-Top has a rigorous and extensive product testing process that meets or exceeds industry standards, that Pi-Top has already sold all the stock from its first production run and is beginning a second run and a positive work culture. Buchesky serves as a managing partner at The EdTech Fund and joined the Pi-Top board in May.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

According to Pearson Education, 84% teachers , administrators and students think that shifting to digital can solve the challenges of education. Viable adoption options to meet the needs of institutions. According to Pearson , 88% students own laptops, 85% use smartphones and 50% own tablets. A comprehensive learner audience.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “After a special meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, the university announced late Tuesday that it would permit – if certain conditions are met – the white supremacist Richard Spencer to appear on campus.” ” “ Pearson , WTF? ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via NPR on Sunday : “ President Trump Set To Meet With Presidents Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities.” ” Via NPR on Tuesday : “ Trump, And Most Black College Presidents, Absent From Annual Meeting.” ” And via the Udacity blog : “ Self-Driving Cars for Everyone! ” EVERYONE!

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Bleacher Report : “Meet the team of 11- and 12-year-old mini-Kaepernicks protesting during the national anthem in southeast Texas – despite death threats and their coach’s suspension after a nonstop fight against injustice.” Go, School Sports Team! ” Color me skeptical about this replacement.

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