The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

For example, many of the nation’s largest school systems use Google’s free suite of education tools, which allows teachers to develop their lessons, create assignments and administer assessments online. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter.

Software 48

Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Instructional design is experiencing a renaissance. Yet, when I graduated from college in 2008, I didn’t know this field existed. Surely a lot has changed!

Udemy 138

Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 138

NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 15, 2016

News-o-matic : This daily newspaper for kids is available: for Android on Google Play , for iPhone and iPad at the App Store , or for Kindle. News for Your Classroom : is Scholastic’s free daily magazine complete with kid reporters, video highlights and an archive. Spanish Text Sets. Text Sets For Science. State Text Sets.

Common Core 40

Common Core iPhone Instructional Materials Android 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. For supporting 1:1 environments : By creating cross-device palettes or dashboards, librarians ensure apps, instructional materials and all digital assets are available at learners’ fingertips across devices.

OER 46

OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Top reported teachers’ apps have adapted to meet pandemic purposes. Home may be the new classroom, but instructional approaches are slower to change. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. Zoom took the number one spot in mentions by teachers in 2020, at 60 percent, displacing 2018’s top mention, Google Classroom. Accelerated?

EdTech 169

EdTech LMS Survey Classroom 169

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. The Marketplace also includes free curriculum content from its partners, including Google Classroom, Newsela, and more.

Tools 52

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. Companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google regularly supply schools with discounted technology that districts could not otherwise afford themselves. But these options, too, come with a catch.

Technology 169

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This is an interactive Google Fusion map, created by Jill Barshay and Sarah Butrymowicz of The Hechinger Report.). We think it’s important to let schools pick their own instructional materials based on their needs. We’ve approached this problem, shared by many urban schools, in a focused and deliberate way.

Mobility 65

Mobility Instructional Materials Data Industry 65

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

So, she may have her students type in Google Docs with their tablets instead of writing by hand, to offer them the instant feedback of the platform’s interactive built-in spelling and grammar checker. But she’ll also have them record their screens and annotate their essays with a stylus.

Education 131

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 131

edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

The 2020 Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis report said 88% of teachers indicated that students spent less time learning science remotely than in a face-to-face situation; only 38% had been involved in experiments and investigations while learning remotely.

Education 80

Education Assessment Professional Learning Policies 80

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

According to a report written with support of major search engines like Google, Creative Commons estimates that the number of CC-licensed works available online is over 1 billion (Creative Commons, 2015). In no instance did a majority of students or teachers report that the OER were of inferior quality.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

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. That is the value conflict that the Times reporter hits.

Social Media 71

Social Media Facebook Instructional Materials Report 71

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Colorado Education Commissioner Rich Crandall announced his resignation Thursday just four-and-a-half months into the job, shocking the state’s education community and roiling the state Department of Education as it embarks on a number of critical initiatives,” Chalkbeat Colorado reports.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Department of Education recently announced it would miss a key deadline to repeal an Obama administration rule that seeks to hold career-education programs accountable for producing graduates with unmanageable debt,” Inside Higher Ed reports on the latest on " gainful employment." That group is called School Board Partners.

Education 54

Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard. Layoffs at Noodle.com (80% of its marketing and editorial teams).

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” asks The Hechinger Report. ” Via Geekwire : “ Google quietly donates $10M to University of Washington in another major computer science gift.” Edsurge reports that NewSchools Venture Fund is running another competition – this one to fund entrepreneurs who build PreK–12 special education apps.

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

The hope in such a desperate move is that by changing the odd word or phrase, the writer can outwit Google searches and plagiarism-detection software. Minutes later, Google and YouTube confirmed his suspicions. Our staff reporters will provide education coverage from Cleveland and Philadelphia. It often works.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Report Software Google 40