Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

The second conflict-of-interest related news story (set of stories, really) involves New America and Google/ Eric Schmidt. Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company.

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EdTech Social Media Facebook Google 244

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As a teacher you can literally take your students on a field trip, explore the oceans or space, or bend time and witness historic events, all without leaving the classroom. Google Expeditions , Discovery VR or NYTVR are just a few examples that allow that to happen. The interactivity that usually follows is like an added bonus.

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EdTech LMS Classroom Education 218

techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

These opportunities encouraged participants to take a deep dive into educational topics and try tools like laptops, 3D printers, exploratory equipment like Google cardboards, and other interactive tools and programs. Ellevation is a software company focused on ELL educators and the students they serve.

Conference 40

Conference Report Differentiated Instruction Mobility 40

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

He cited statistics from a job postings report the Austin Chamber of Commerce put out in March 2017 about employer demands in the Austin metropolitan area. One of his former teaching colleagues went to a coding bootcamp and is now a software developer. He gave the audience a few examples of people who’ve made the transition.

Classroom 121

Classroom Software EdTech Facebook 121

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

The second conflict-of-interest related news story (set of stories, really) involves New America and Google/ Eric Schmidt. Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Facebook Google 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

At this time of the year, some businesses are busy filing expenses and reports. Apple and Google continue to up the ante in their quest to win adoption in classrooms. billion on education software each year. Much of the buzz surrounding Apple’s events focus on new gadgets like the iPads. First, let’s get down to business.

EdTech 117

EdTech Pearson Industry Student Data Privacy 117

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 18, 2015

For example, if I ask them to write a report using a word processing tool (Word, Google Docs), they are welcome to convince me a slideshow or video would be a better choice, but they have to make their argument based on logic and evidence, comparing and contrasting their approach to mine. 4th grade Reading Standards–3).

How To 150

How To Common Core Report Digital Citizenship 150

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As more and more teachers, students, and stakeholders experiment with technology, software developers are working day and night to bring them quality solutions. However, despite having so many options, users show a clear bias towards some platforms, software, or apps (read, digital tools) that they consider more user-friendly than others.

Tools 52

Tools eBook Classroom Future Ready 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

We shouldn’t,” said Jacob Hsu, CEO of Catalyte, which conducts tests designed to find job candidates who have the potential to become software engineers, whether or not they went to college. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report. “We’ve conflated employability with university degrees.

Company 144

Company Assessment Report Gamification 144

The Web20Classroom

MAY 29, 2013

During the North African uprisings a high school teacher here in my district was struggling to get her students to understand the whys of those events. It was easy to read about them in a magazine or watch a news report but she knew there had to be a better way. Google Hangouts can be a great alternative.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

Google in June announced an. Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services both offer education programs, and now Google Cloud wants a part in shaping future computer scientists — and probably whatever they come up with using the tool. Google Cloud launched in 2011, but has caught up to competitors to. Google breaking in? .

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Microsoft Accessibility Google Khan Academy 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. A ‘1-percent market’.

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Company Survey Report Training 112

Hapara

AUGUST 17, 2022

Ideas, theories, current events and new findings may need to be added to a textbook after it’s published and distributed. . As a result, learning doesn’t need to stop just because students and teachers aren’t reporting to their school building. . You can fill in gaps from printed K-12 textbooks.

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OER Differentiated Instruction Hapara Resources 157

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Updates Keynote Confirmations Coming In. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues!

Digital Citizenship 52

Digital Citizenship Edcamps Conference Libraries 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Investor pitch events are a dime a dozen, but no one does it with the flair and furor of Y Combinator. Lambda School allows students to pay nothing upfront, in return for 17 percent of their salary for two years once they get a software-related job that pays more than $50,000. TechCrunch reports the company is forecasting $3.5

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Meeting Technology Company Education 108

PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

With the ever-evolving educational landscape, schools are always on the lookout for the best software products to enhance the learning experience for their students. There are many options, from learning management systems to video conferencing software.

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Software LMS Moodle Laptops 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The Learning Revolution Project highlights virtual and physical events from Web 2.0 These events bring together educators, learners, leaders, and others to rethink and reinvent education. You''ll now see Invent To Learn and Natural Math events listed. One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Standard Time.

Conference 51

Conference Video Blended Learning MOOC 51

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. We primarily used Craigslist for all hires except sales and software development. We screened them using a pre-interview questionnaire built in Google Form.

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Company EdTech How To Meeting 135

The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

During the Arab Spring a high school teacher in my district was struggling to get her students to understand the whys of those events. It was easy to read about them in a magazine or watch a news report but she knew there had to be a better way. Google Hangouts can be a great alternative.

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Classroom Chromebook Twitter Video 100

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Thirty years ago, Channel One offered schools nationwide $30,000 worth of audiovisual equipment at no cost in exchange for requiring students to view a daily current events program during class. Absent checks on real and potential biases, errors and omissions, students’ future educational prospects are being shaped by software.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Among them are concerns over what happens to data in learning management systems like Canvas , to questions over whether campuses should ban facial-recognition software. When the event was canceled, we asked the panelists to do the session remotely instead. It is meant to subvert facial-recognition software.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 21, 2011

According to the 2011 K-12 Horizon Report cloud computing and mobiles are on what it calls the “near term horizon” which means these technologies are likely to see mainstream adoption in the next 12 months. How has our adoption of Google Apps, a cloud computing solution, transformed our district and my school?

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Google Report Software Examples 75

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

For those counting, this was the 27th version of the event, which always features a motley of startups and services: There’s Kobo360, an “Uber for trucking in Africa,” and Cambridge Glycoscience, which wants to bring the concept of “cake zero”—sweets with sugar substitutes—to the masses. The five-hour long test comes with about 100 questions.

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EdTech Company Software Training 85

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I have never been able to make it to this event -- it's always coincided with the end-of-the-year series I've traditionally written for Hack Education. I did speak, a few years ago, at the OEB Midsummit event in Iceland. I can't say I've ever seen other keynote speakers at ed-tech events get heckled. So they jeered.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

All the world’s a stage when you’re a startup, and life becomes a pitch in front of investors, advisers, reporters, partners and potential acquirers. That’s the question that Google’s Rochelle posed to Chelsea Sprayregen, CEO of Pie for Providers —and not because the startup’s name sounds like food.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a. Among the survey’s findings: Google Classroom is by far the most popular learning management platform, used in more than 80 percent of districts. MAPLE facilitates networking events, focus groups, workshops and “learning tours” where educators visit each other’s schools.

Personalized Learning 77

Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 77

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

If your school uses Google classroom, the communication mechanism is pretty simple. Google Classroom did some up updating this summer, so familiarize yourself with these updates, if you use it. Learn to print grade reports for students, parents or administrators before you actually need to do it.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. Whether tracking software via spreadsheets or interviewing teachers, the current methods weren’t working. Joseph, Ed.D.,

EdTech 41

EdTech Software Data Twitter 41

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

We will use some arcane technology called “blockchain” and distributed ledgers to validate that education software works. Please, if you like our reporting, donate Splurgecoin to feed your friendly EdSurgents! The student controlling the robot remotely is calling the event a “freak accident,” and is asking for a grade boost as amends.

Chegg 66

Chegg Robotics LMS Android 66

PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

With the ever-evolving educational landscape, schools are always on the lookout for the best software products to enhance the learning experience for their students. There are many options, from learning management systems to video conferencing software.

Software 40

Software LMS Moodle Laptops 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions.

Tools 52

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The event was new, too. The courses employers have been helping to create don’t just teach skills students need to work for Microsoft, Amazon or Google, like the highly specialized training classes that are longtime industry standards — Linux System Administration, for example, or Office 365 Fundamentals.

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Sony Microsoft Industry Company 91

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Folks still retyped the press releases Google issued and retyped the press releases Facebook issued, lauding these companies’ (and their founders’) efforts to reshape the curriculum and reshape the classroom. . “Whole child” and cages – it’s hardly the only jarring juxtaposition I could point to.

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Technology Industry Education Robotics 110

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2022

These employers include Google, IBM, Northrop Grumman, Novartis, NBCUniversal, the airlines United, Delta and Southwest, and even the NFL, which teamed up last month with four historically Black medical schools to boost the number of Black team physicians and medical professionals. Credit: Christina Samuels/The Hechinger Report.

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Company Industry Report Google 18

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Someone reported the photo to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, where Eric is a student. There is an app through which the public can report threats. Late one night last spring, after an event, David Cittadino got an alert that someone might want to hurt his students. “I was terrified,” Eric says. And, on Aug.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

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. The presentation software SlideRocket announced SlideRocket EDU this week, making its tools available to students and teachers via the Google Apps Marketplace.

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Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44