eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

By encouraging curiosity and self-directed inquiry, this approach fosters a deeper engagement with the subject matter and cultivates lifelong learning skills. Furthermore, flipped classroom models have gained popularity for their effectiveness in promoting active engagement and personalized learning experiences.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 3, 2021

With schools opening their gates again, the forced transition to online learning environments from the past year has made it clear that a hybrid learning model works and should continue to safeguard and minimize future disruptions to learning. It becomes a fertile ground for widening learning gaps.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

WOBURN, MA & SAN FRANCISCO – JULY 20, 2022 – FEV Tutor (“FEV”), the K-12 market leading research and evidence-based online tutoring platform, today announced its partnership with Alpine Investors (“Alpine”), a people-driven private equity firm that is a Certified B Corporation committed to building enduring businesses.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In their eyes, blended learning is “an intermediate step between fully F2F and fully online learning environment”(p. Auster (2016) defines blended learning in a succinct and clear manner. Additionally, providing timely and meaningful feedback in a blended learning setting requires careful planning.

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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. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2020

In some cases, those students struggled with distractions in the classroom during in-person learning. The challenge of in-classroom [learning] can be the social interaction. For kids with disabilities, that tech might include speech-to-text software or audio books. Alex, mother of a middle schooler.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When teachers at Cable Elementary in San Antonio couldn’t reach four siblings who attended the school this spring, Monica Williams of Communities in Schools was able to arrange a meeting with them at their grandmother’s house. Williams arranged to meet the children at their grandmother’s. Credit: Monica Williams.

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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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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Good digital pedagogy means that educators are taking advantage of technology to best meet the needs of all students. Personalized Learning - The educational system we currently know came about during the industrial age when students were grouped by age and ability. This data also helps in the concept of personalized learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? –will be refined and these ideas will become more established practices integrated into in-person learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Prompted by district administrators’ desire to find ways to build student agency, engage student passion and personalize learning, we hoped blended learning would shake up the status quo and spark large scale change. We knew that meant more than simply integrating technology into the school day.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

But without proof, Monroe, vice president of academic innovation and support at Ivy Tech Community College, and her colleagues are searching in the dark to find the right tools that faculty can use to improve learning outcomes for the more than 200,000 students in the Indiana community college system. Does it mean adaptive software?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Each student already had a device that all but the youngest took home every day, and some spent hours a day working online in school. Children and teachers were familiar with a variety of learning apps and other educational software. Educators had years of experience integrating technology into their teaching. A RAND Corp.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

While credit recovery is one of the fastest-growing fields in online education, many programs are little more than diploma mills hastening students through the curriculum with insufficient support. Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From shifts in school choice to student assessments to online learning, the educational landscape is constantly evolving. By implementing effective strategies and technology, districts can successfully meet today’s growing demand for higher quality PD despite other constraints they may face. Assessing less to learn more.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Kaswell — now in his tenth year teaching at MS 88 , a large middle school in the South Slope section of Brooklyn — has always been drawn to combining face-to-face instruction with online learning. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning. Photo: Sarah Gonser.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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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 West Valley’s “personalized learning” approach translates state standards into badges that children earn at their own pace. Will it be easy?

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

So Fulé and her colleagues devised a program—free, voluntary, and entirely online—that has helped hundreds of students roll through remediation coursework and ace their math placement tests while measurably boosting their confidence about success in both math and college. Not insignificantly, the award came with a cash prize of $100,000.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

For instance, tools enabling digital credentialing help students display their learning accomplishments in ways that colleges and prospective employers appreciate, while online learning platforms and online resources make it easier for teachers to organize materials, find digital teaching tools, and keep track of student learning.

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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.

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My Island View

APRIL 18, 2016

It incorporated every bell and whistle that Apple hardware and presentation software had to offer. The presentation was based on this person’s life experience through the lens of an educator. A Personal Learning Network consisting of thousands of collegial sources did not develop in a few months.

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Social Media Personal Learning Network Laptops Software 48

My Island View

APRIL 18, 2016

It incorporated every bell and whistle that Apple hardware and presentation software had to offer. The presentation was based on this person’s life experience through the lens of an educator. A Personal Learning Network consisting of thousands of collegial sources did not develop in a few months.

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Social Media Personal Learning Network Laptops Software 48

My Island View

APRIL 18, 2016

It incorporated every bell and whistle that Apple hardware and presentation software had to offer. The presentation was based on this person’s life experience through the lens of an educator. A Personal Learning Network consisting of thousands of collegial sources did not develop in a few months.

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Social Media Personal Learning Network Laptops Software 48

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

It gives lots of way to facilitate activities at a PTA meeting, at a school board meeting or a local chamber of commerce,” said Keith Kruger, CEO of CoSN. Makerspaces/Online Learning: In just one or two years, experts predict makerspaces and online learning will be common in schools. DEVELOPMENTS IN ED TECH.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

From Obstacle to Opportunity: Using Government-mandated Curriculum Change as a Springboard for Changes in Learning and Teaching: Jon Andrews. Applying Heutagogy in Online Learning: The SIDE Model: Eric Belt. Using educational software and online tools to promote learning is nothing new in most schools.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? It found that schools using some form of personalized learning were, on average, performing better ( there were some wrinkles we’ll talk about later on).

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MindShift

MARCH 25, 2015

So they, often in partnership with daring leaders, are pushing back, trying to find ways to meet the long-held goal of educators: Meeting each student’s needs and helping all to be successful. The report defines personalized learning as “tailor[ing] learning to students’ strengths, needs, interests and experiences.”

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2018

That technology includes HP and Lenovo laptops, tablets, G Suite for Education, NEC projectors , eBeam , Schoology learning management system, LanSchool classroom management software and Kajeet hotspots (for students to use at home). Teachers also have a range of digital curricula at their disposal. “A

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Related: Most students go to a school that meets federal standards for internet speed. But the commissioners have previously rejected petitions to increase the 5 percent reserve or to clarify the educational use rule, explaining that they simply “rely on the good faith efforts of EBS licensees to meet these requirements.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. Lenovo announced new hardware, software and services solutions designed to inspire and enable learning anywhere.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In this technique, I take the software tutorials and “point and click” instructions into videos. Learning while watching tutorials. Students often pause software videos and work on the software. (I’ve I’ve found that for software, it is best to pause and learn at that moment.).

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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. Dr. Wright serves on the CoSN Superintendent Advisory Panel. Frankie Jackson.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 78

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. “It

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates. It’s no surprise that schools adopting the method are often the same ones that have invested heavily in education software and computers. Switching to mastery-based learning requires a great deal of coordination.

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