Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

How ideas from the Nonprofit Technology Conference can positively impact adult learning and workforce development initiatives. Multi-directional Learning. How can students and teachers learn from each other on common issues, solutions, strategies, and pitfalls? Google Draw (free). Lucidchart. Draw.io (free). Inspiration.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

She and her colleagues have had to intercede in evictions, deliver supplies and report children in dire circumstances to child protective services since the start of the pandemic. Other districts around the country have reported similarly high numbers of missing students. Credit: Bonnie Arbittier, San Antonio Report.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 142

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

It’s not surprising that most higher education articles published since March 2020 begin by calling to mind that year’s unprecedented move to remote instruction and online learning—and with good reason. While the conversation was not explicitly about inclusive teaching, their reflections kept returning to inclusive pedagogy themes.

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LMS Guidelines Online Learning Course 185

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

A national working group that I was recently a part of—led by non-profit Opportunity America—recently produced a report that aptly characterized the community college as “ the indispensable institution.” This could include new firms, service models and software tools that are more tailored to community colleges’ needs and offerings.

Digital Badges 213

Digital Badges MOOC Trends Industry 213

The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

This past week, The New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative release the annual Horizon Report. To check out an online version of the Horizon Report 2011, see here. What does the report have to say to our current circumstances in educational technology? Our school system uses Google Apps already.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

For both students and teachers, online learning has come with a lot of challenges, from the digital divide and technology access to mental health impacts , or a lack of essential school and community supports. Some teachers and parents tell of improvements in students' learning and grades since the start of the pandemic.

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Guidelines Learning Digital Divide Online Learning 63

Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

Google Cardboard. Google Cardboard was the result of a 36-hour hackathon by Google’s education team, where staff were tasked with finding ways to boost student engagement. The cardboard goggles when combined with an Android phone, preloaded with any of Google’s Cardboard apps, are a simple way to bring classroom lessons to life.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2020

Garland is the executive editor at The Hechinger Report, and she’s been watching as parents like her across the country have been forced to sub as teachers while schools are closed because of Covid-19. The teachers, I mean, they were trained up in two to three days to do remote learning. They’re overseeing 12 kids.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. Course Report published year-end data from edX and Coursera.

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Gaggle Speaks

JUNE 2, 2017

Which online learning environment is superior, G Suite for Education or Office 365? According to recent Speak Up data, two-thirds of students in grades 6-12 report using G Suite for Education while Approximately 40% of students in say they use Office 365. Google has always championed simplicity and ease of use.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Online learning—often touted as an up-and-coming way of delivering education—took its place on the world stage as the de facto model, regardless of how prepared students, employees and educators were for the experience. In a SHRM survey, 68 percent of respondents reported sustaining their training budget through the pandemic.

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Training Education Learning Industry 176

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Learning management systems, such as Google Classroom, which present educational materials in an organized way online, could become part of a new method of instruction that combines digital and traditional approaches for all students, Guastaferro said. The post Remote learning has been a disaster for many students.

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Learning Personalized Learning Online Learning Classroom 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

She and her husband, who works as a software engineer, felt that Annika’s social experience was more important than any academic progress she might make in remote kindergarten. “In According to reporting by NPR , kindergarten enrollment in districts across the country dropped by an average of 16 percent.

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Elementary Assessment Report Outcomes 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2020

Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report Credit: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. Durante la primera semana, nuestra escuela envió unas hojas de trabajo y algunos enlaces a softwares educacionales y programas de televisión. Los mejores maestros parecen tener un caudal interminable de energía, paciencia y creatividad.

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Laptops Software Report Chromebook 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. When computers were first introduced in the classroom, some educators complained that they were too expensive, no one else was using them or there wasn’t enough software. Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report.

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Classroom Smartphone iPad Report 106

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?

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Absent checks on real and potential biases, errors and omissions, students’ future educational prospects are being shaped by software. When these students graduate, they are encouraged to migrate to personal Google accounts, giving the advertising superpower a potentially lucrative stream of data about consumers for life.

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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. Listen to this week’s podcast on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player below.

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Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 99

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Babson Survey , the proportion of academic leaders who report that online learning is critical for long-term institutional growth has grown from 49 percent in 2002 to 71 percent in 2015, and institutions are investing in edtech products to support digital learning. 08 seconds.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 6, 2016

In addition, PeopleAdmin, a talent-management software provider for the education sector, acquired TeacherMatch. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division. and Canada.

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The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It has been great watching the stream of potential uses for Google Wave roll in. Here are what I believe to be the best potential uses of Google Wave. I could see the Google Wave being used for class discussions and assignments on these snow days. Johnsonlabz : I am interested in using Google wave for writing class scripts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

SchoolMessenger Passport allows districts to provide teachers, staff, parents and students with quick and secure access to online learning applications, open educational resources (OER), and a variety of school management and administration software programs using a single sign-on.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Even schools that manage to give all children access to devices and the internet cannot escape the fact that much of the educational software they’re using is not specific to the needs of ELL students, Sugarman said. She’s been using Google Classroom, an online resource meant to help teachers manage students’ coursework, since September 2018.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

EdTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

While the district had been a strong proponent of using technology in the classroom, it still had numerous hurdles to overcome to continue teaching and learning online. IT teams had to teach staff how to use videoconferencing tools and walk them through online learning platforms, such as Google Classroom.

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Software Learning Knowledge Base Chromebook 195

EdTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

While the district had been a strong proponent of using technology in the classroom, it still had numerous hurdles to overcome to continue teaching and learning online. IT teams had to teach staff how to use videoconferencing tools and walk them through online learning platforms, such as Google Classroom.

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Software Learning Knowledge Base Chromebook 195

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. Universities will continue to get it wrong in transitioning to widespread use of online learning but they’ll continue to do very interesting things at the edges. Oh dear, where to start.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2020

While the district had been a strong proponent of using technology in the classroom, it still had numerous hurdles to overcome to continue teaching and learning online. IT teams had to teach staff how to use videoconferencing tools and walk them through online learning platforms, such as Google Classroom.

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Software Learning Knowledge Base Chromebook 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 30, 2020

While the district had been a strong proponent of using technology in the classroom, it still had numerous hurdles to overcome to continue teaching and learning online. IT teams had to teach staff how to use videoconferencing tools and walk them through online learning platforms, such as Google Classroom.

Software 150

Software Learning Knowledge Base Chromebook 150

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Would 20 hours of one student logged into Google Classroom, or 20 students logged in for one hour, suffice? Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online. That’s a pretty amazing piece of self-directed learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Top reported teachers’ apps have adapted to meet pandemic purposes. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. The new report did a bit of compare and contrast, asking nearly 1,000 K-12 public school teachers in October 2020 the same questions that were asked for the 2018 report while adding a few new ones. Accelerated?

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EdTech LMS Survey Classroom 173

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. Universities will continue to get it wrong in transitioning to widespread use of online learning but they’ll continue to do very interesting things at the edges. Oh dear, where to start.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. As an education reporter, I’ve watched hundreds of teachers lead classrooms and I’ve learned that their job is one of the hardest in the world. During the first week, our school sent home a handful of worksheets and some links to educational software and shows.

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Chromebook Software Report Laptops 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2019

Megan Conn/The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Megan Conn/The Hechinger Report. Megan Conn/The Hechinger Report.

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Conference Report Trends Survey 101

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Clifton was among 30 teachers around the country participating in a new effort, funded by the former CEO of Google, to encourage more teachers to conduct high-quality classroom research, from miniature randomized controlled trials to A/B tests, a type of split experiment often used by online retailers.

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Classroom Groups Comparison Study 136

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – 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 Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Engineering faculty at Purdue have been outspoken about the problem of online cheating, which they say was “rampant” after Purdue gave students extra time to take their tests online. Credit: AJ Mast for The Hechinger Report. Many colleges and universities moved ahead with online testing without supervision to save money.

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