Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

.” The event had a strong financial services theme, although I met audience members engaged in a wider array of fields (including healthcare and social media). To that end (and based on my DC Blockchain Summit experience), here is my current list of the top 10 things to know about the future of blockchain in education.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), hoping to understand how these groups perceive issues surrounding privacy and technology, conducted surveys and focus groups from May to August of this year. Our takeaway from this is that, in spite of these challenges, parents and teachers really do see value in online learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Despite the impact this emerging industry has made on higher education over the past 6 years, the size and scope of the sector and its impact remain unclear,” a new report published in RTI International finds. The study, released this week, aims to provide more clarity around what the bootcamp market looks like today.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Santos is the director of journalism and media arts for the Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts in Washington, D.C. during the 2015-16 school year were women, according the data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics. Yet, according to a 2016 press release from the U.S.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Last year right around this time, the good folks at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media announced a beta release of Omeka S , a multi-site version of their popular scholarly content management system. One year following the Beta, the release of Omeka S 1.0 It is available for download today. Omeka S 1.0.

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 18, 2019

The state announced the recipients of the Competency-Based Education Planning Grant program. This commitment has opened the door for these local education agencies (LEAs) to pursue new student-centered approaches to learning. “We Utah’s steady journey toward next generation learning took another step forward last month.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2017

In recent years Google’s offerings—in particular, Chromebooks—have captured plenty of media attention and domestic market share. education sales in the first quarter of 2016. At BETT, a major edtech expo outside of London, Microsoft is taking square aim at Google with a slew of updates to its education products.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2016

‘Digital Leader Corps’ builds capacity of nearly 500 educators to effectively integrate digital content and meet needs of all learners. In the latest phase of this collaboration, 480 educators from all 87 district schools will participate in Discovery Education’s Digital Leader Corps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

You even work with the Center for Compassion, Creativity, and Innovation. Vicki: … through character education. When you are having compassion, you are actually releasing a lot of endorphins. You’re releasing neurotransmitters, like dopamine (that reward level)and serotonin (that calming level). How do these two combine?

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 9, 2015

You can find out more in the press release below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Jan. The distance learning program produces curriculum-based education programs for students, but is also used to connect with college students, nature centers and adult learners.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Education in the Courts. Her remarks.) .”

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Guide shares best tech practices, insights, and resources from educators, administrators, and technology experts. One educator even contributed excerpts of his how-to article from the February 2016 issue of Tech & Learning magazine.”. How educators make their educational technology vendor their partner. •

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Steelcase Education grant leverages classroom space to implement new teaching practices. Steelcase Education on Dec. 1 launched the second annual Active Learning Center (ALC) Grant , a program to provide active learning spaces to schools across North America. Applications are being accepted online through February 12, 2016.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2015

New legislation makes computer science an official part of STEM education. STEM education, while always a national focus, is receiving more attention in recent days, as surveys and legislation reveal awareness of its importance to the nation’s success. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Photo: Paul Bersebach/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images. As the philosopher John Dewey wrote in his classic book Democracy and Education in 1903, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”. Election Day is one time you shouldn’t scold your teenagers for cutting class.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 28, 2018

Following input and feedback from more than 1300 educators from the US and around the world, ISTE released its new Standards for Education Leaders , formerly known as the ISTE Standards for Administrators. I am just back from ISTE in Chicago where I shared in some very interesting developments and experiences.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

At ISTE 2016 , this week in Denver, we saw the official release of a refreshed and aspirational set of Standards for Students focused on empowering student voice. We’ve come a long way from 1998 when our students exposure technology was largely limited to a weekly computer lab visit. There are all about THINK, CREATE, SHARE, GROW.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 17, 2019

What’s Happening at Some ASTC Centers. Alfredo Carpineti discusses Pride in STEM’s use of social media in creating awareness about LGBTQIA people in STEM and in promoting the work and resources done by LGBTQIA people in the profession. Emily Lozen: Museum of Life and Science (Durham, North Carolina, United States).

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

As an educator, when you give an assignment, you do so because it will help your students learn something. For more ideas on how to improve your teaching, please take a look at Making Your Teaching Something Special: 50 Simple Ways to Become a Better Teacher , by Rushton Hurley from EdTechTeam Press. image credits: 1.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

The American Library Association’s April 2022 press release recognizes this tension: “We support individual parents’ choices concerning their child’s reading and believe that parents should not have those choices dictated by others. Does that freedom come with adulthood? With having children? Start a conversation!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #edi20 on their social media posts about the event. An often called upon authority/speaker on issues of importance to library workers, Jefferson has appeared on a number of media outlets, including National Public Radio. OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: Julius C. Jefferson, Jr.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 9, 2017

He founded and is executive director of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning, which houses a free library of videos by and for teachers and students at NextVista.org. He is heavily involved in service efforts in his community and holds masters degrees in Education and East Asian Studies from Stanford University.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 22, 2020

If there’s one concern about distance learning that educators have during these times, it’s that students are having difficulty being motivated. Educators navigating distance learning are grappling and experimenting with ways to capture students’ interest through social media, polls and stickers on their faces.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Three obstacles to successful integration of technology into teaching and learning include: 1 - Innovative educators often work in isolation 2 - Guidelines and policies for tech use are lawyer, not student or teacher, friendly 3 - Lack of tech expertise and funding for professional learning opportunities Do any of these sound familiar?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Study of early learners reveals media content from the show PEG + CAT could help improve children’s critical math skills. The study examined how digital media contributes to learning in the home, looking specifically at children’s engagement with PEG + CAT, a multimedia animated PBS KIDS series produced by The Fred Rogers Company.

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MindShift

MAY 11, 2021

These youth-centered books about race do the research for teachers so they don’t have to spend huge amounts of time figuring out how to tackle units about American history and race in the classroom , explains author Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul. How parents, caregivers and educators equip themselves to guide conversations about race.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MARCH 9, 2015

Last week, some exciting news was released. Here is the official press release from my school district. Barrow Elementary’s Andy Plemmons Named to the “20 to Watch” Education Technology Leaders by the National School Boards Association. I have been named one of the National School Board Association’s 20 to Watch.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just a couple of weeks ago, the Library of Congress announced the launch of three new apps for Web and mobile, developed by educational organizations that were supported by an LOC grant for app development. The platform also encourages educators to create and share their own episodes. The three new civics interactive apps are.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, and PBS LearningMedia, a media-on-demand service designed for K-12 classrooms, announced the opening of applications for the inaugural year of The Emperor Science Award program. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom. From a press release. Social media is a main form of communication and connection used by today’s students. A University of Phoenix® College of Education survey conducted online by Harris Poll in April among 1,002 U.S. by TeachThought Staff.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Online and blended learning provider Edgenuity works with more than 16,000 schools, and from that base, the company identified 10 schools and districts that are taking blended learning to the next level through student-centered, personalized instructional models that create new ways to address instructional goals and deliver better student outcomes.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 13, 2015

From a press release. ALEXANDRIA, VA Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) revealed.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Credit: Valerie Plesh for The Hechinger Report On social media, Mercado glimpsed videos of other teachers who were quitting their jobs, including educators with far more experience than she had. Related: Tackling teacher shortages The number of people studying for careers in education has been declining for years.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. In it''s second year, this amazing five-day, 24-hour-a-day event helps educators and students connect with each other and with global education programs all over the world. Last year we had presentations from 62 countries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 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. National Geographic defines a geo-educator as any individual working to improve young peoples'' understanding of the world.

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