Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. My next class was in the psychology department, on the topic of lifespan development. “A I'll skip that class.

Laptops 203

Laptops Smartphone Course E-rate 203

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Though these are game-based learning, there’s no plot as you might find simulated games. Each app includes personalized learning, an enhanced review mode, and additional challenges to keep students motivated. Why connect to users through Facebook and blogs if you don’t stay current?

Learning 228

Learning Digital Citizenship Game-Based Learning Social Media 228

Learning with 'e's

APRIL 25, 2014

The concept of identity (personal and professional) is a complex one. There always seems to be a discussion about questions around identity on popular social media channels. I tweeted several questions around this discussion and report some of the responses and conversations here. What are your views? Unported License.

Social Media 68

Social Media Twitter Personal Learning Network Facebook 68

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

million, including drawing funds from Zuckerberg Education Ventures, one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s investment vehicles. Disclosed angel investors include executives from Apple, Dropbox, Blackboard, and Udemy, according to various news reports.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

From personalized learning to ethical analytics, what stood out amongst the conversations? EdSurgents captured these tidbits in our reporter notebooks—take a look below. KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS about the news, reports Common Sense Media.

Tools 70

Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 70

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system. .”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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.”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Research, “Research,” and Reports.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Larry Rosen, psychology professor, is part of a team at Cal State Dominguez Hills using behavioral studies, physiological stress measures and brain scans to investigate how the distraction and anxiety engendered by digital devices can hurt learning. CARSON, Calif. —

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Smartphone Laptops Social Media Facebook 175

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

users moved from just accessing information and content to being able to directly interact with the content through commenting, remixing, and sharing it via social networks. also saw the development of social media which permits users to communicate directly with one another synchronously and asynchronously. With Web 2.0,

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

User Generated Education

AUGUST 13, 2020

Form their own learning communities possibly using social networking tools suggested and/or set up by the educator. Possible networks, many with corresponding apps, include: Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo, Instagram, TikTok, blogging sites, Youtube, and other social networks. Whole Person Learning.

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Education Groups Resources Edmodo 434

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. MESA, Ariz.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

By NICHOLE DOBO, The Hechinger Report. They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Alongside four other school communities, we selected it because the majority of the district’s students returned to in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. 4 Source: Reported by Oregon Health Authority. As of Sept.

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Libraries Data Broadband Report 109

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, whose vision for the future of education involves “ whole child personalized learning ” and who says it plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into education initiatives to that end. ” “ How Can Educators Strike a Balance Between Blended and Social-Emotional Learning?

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

As such, expect an abbreviated (TBD) publishing schedule for ‘A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News’ in August. Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Strong opinions may be weakly held. ."

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EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

More than 50% of teachers report they have one computer for every student (on average) and that changes for the better every year. They offer over three hundred micro-credentials addressing all levels of personal learning (more on that later). Facebook @DigitalPromise [link]. Education is changing.

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Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 154

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 82

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work? What is personalized learning?

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 5, 2016

Central Personalized Learning with Gooru. You can print copies to distribute or share it electronically and via social media. . Think annual report. for social media and websites and the graphic packs. Facebook Cover (blue background). Facebook Cover (blue background).

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Libraries Advocacy Facebook Social Media 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 6, 2015

According to the MDR 2014 State of the K–12 Market Report, there’s a growing demand for solutions that improve teaching and personalized learning and educators are willing to consider new instructional models. Blog All About It–Before, During, & After Learning. (If For example, programs like Easel.ly

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Strategy Technology Social Media Facebook 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

But what are parents’ experiences with their children’s use of educational media? In our community’s next webinar, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will share the results from Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America, a report from a national survey of over 1500 parents of children ages 2-10.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2022

A 2015 state legislative report found teachers at two-thirds of the schools in Kentucky “commonly withhold recess” for behavior or missing work. Even in states that mandate physical activity or recess time, some parents report their children still sometimes lose entire recess periods. Kentucky does not have a law protecting recess.

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Handbook Policies Elementary Report 104

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Read the page one story in The New York Times on North Dakota third-grade teacher, Kayla Delzer, who according to the reporter is one of the “tech-savviest teachers in the United States.” Reporter Natasha Singer says: Her third graders adore her. And she recommends their wares to thousands of teachers who follow her on social media. “I

Social Media 74

Social Media Facebook Instructional Materials Report 74

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” ” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. .”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“Personalized learning,” for example, is arguably thousands of years old, and we can date the idea of individualizing education by using machines back to the 1920s. I post my thoughts, my writing on my own websites , even though social media has really discouraged us from doing this. Skinner won; Papert lost.

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Data Facebook Social Media Training 97

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

” “ Tech Is Dominating Efforts To Educate Syrian Refugees ,” reports NPR. “ Trump Signs Order That Could Lead to Curbs on Foreign Workers,” The New York Times reports. “ Trump Signs Order That Could Lead to Curbs on Foreign Workers,” The New York Times reports. Immigration and Education.

Education 45

Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Edsurge : “ Connecticut School District Suspends Use of Summit Learning Platform.” ” asks The Hechinger Report. More on the news in the HR section below.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. ” “ Learning to code will eventually be as useful as learning Ancient Greek,” Quartz claims. .”

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

The students’ personal learning networks of friends, forum users, Twitter followers and Facebook friends provide a rich source of knowledge gathering when they are at home, but use of such networks is excluded from their classrooms. The ability to choose our collaborators is a key freedom hallmarking social learning.

Social Media 28

Social Media Learning Comparison Personal Learning Network 28

MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

The students’ personal learning networks of friends, forum users, Twitter followers and Facebook friends provide a rich source of knowledge gathering when they are at home, but use of such networks is excluded from their classrooms. The ability to choose our collaborators is a key freedom hallmarking social learning.

Social Media 28

Social Media Learning Digital Citizenship Comparison 28

Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

The Hechinger Report on personalized learning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” ” Via Wired : “With Venues, Oculus and Facebook Push Social VR Into New Territory.” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? “My Flawed ISTE 2018 Journey Report,” writes Tim Stahmer.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The Washington Post : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asked whether leakers could be prosecuted , internal report shows.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” Immigration and Education.

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” More on the teacher prep law from The Hechinger Report. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. More via Inside Higher Ed. More from Quartz.

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Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40