Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Of course, like every other subject, the true test and value of civics and history extends far beyond academics and assessments. Of course, like every other subject, the true test and value of civics and history extends far beyond academics and assessments. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Learning 188

Learning Exercises Resources Assessment 188

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Study.com is an online distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and physics) aligned with many popular textbooks. Resources include not only videos but study tools, guides, and more. You can read more detail on my Study.com review here.

Differentiated Instruction 188

Differentiated Instruction Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Personalized Learning 188

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill.

Knewton 113

Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 113

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. Some want to gain better job prospects, others seek to socialize in new circles, while still others just want an educational way to entertain themselves. That’s an opportunity largely reserved for children. Achievement is not comparable.”

Learning 206

Learning Training Company Study 206

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Teaching topics like the science of vaccinations elicited little controversy.

Report 109

Report Survey Course Case Study 109

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Users can search across all the aggregated portals or browse by type of material or subject. The type of material search includes the following options: Textbooks. Course Materials. OASIS also is the only tool that allows users to limit searches by creative commons licenses or by faculty review. Audiobooks.

OER 42

OER LMS Course Libraries 42

Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When listeners were asked why they listen, 3 out of 4 answered to learn new things. Ditch That Textbook. The post The Power of Podcasts for Learning: Listening, Creating, Sharing, and Growth – SULS0127 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Podcasts are a powerful tool for learning! Much like our favorite television shows. .

Learning 98

Learning EdTech Google Software 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

That’s the case being made by a new “ tuition payer bill of rights ” backed by a coalition of nonprofits and think tanks from across the political spectrum. But they also acknowledged that the pandemic era is a tricky period for making demands of colleges, many of which are facing budget shortfalls and large new expenses.

Advocacy 154

Advocacy Policies Conference Data 154

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Welcome to the third in this series of posts promting the idea of going to SAMR and beyond. In this post I would like to introduce you to way that you can ensure the standards are amplified, and not ignored, by the integration of educational technology. I have also included links to over 45 valuable resources (Towards the bottom of the article).

Technology Support 112

Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. He even wrote a book about the topic, called “ Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia.” What we're learning over time is that, of course, Wikipedia had and still has problems with accuracy and relevance.

OER 110

OER Education E-rate Social Media 110

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

There isn’t a New York Times bestseller list for online courses, but perhaps there should be. After all, so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, were meant to open education to as many learners as possible, and in many ways they are more like books (digital ones, packed with videos and interactive quizzes) than courses.

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MOOC Coursera Course Company 160

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

You may want to click on the link below to the first of this series. Be on the look out for future posts entitled the ABC’s of PBL and Deeper Learning and also 40 great education sites to discover in 2015. First, to ensure you do not miss a valuable post or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, Check out my Booking Page.

OER 60

OER Khan Academy Moodle Meeting 60

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

Nearly half of you told us that we’re your top source for higher education news (thank you!) It’s a topic that consistently drives lively debate, and the conversation between Michigan’s president Mark Schlissel and EdSurge reporter Jeff Young does not disappoint! More than 900 institutions (one out of five in the U.S.) Pass it on!

MOOC 68

MOOC Trends Learning EdTech 68

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. What are the projections for edtech?

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 26, 2015

Espacios publicos Very quickly into the 20 hours of introductory Spanish course material, you’ll discover this means “public spaces.”. Beginners’ Chinese Mandarin Chinese is presented here in more than six hours of material for people with absolutely no prior experience with the language.

Exercises 40

Exercises Learning Video Course 40

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

As anyone who reads the news can tell you, the world is facing an increasingly complex host of social, civic and environmental challenges that will require people from a wide range of backgrounds to collaborate with each other on. Like a webinar, we invite participants to log into a platform at the same time. Sourcing a Challenge.

Meeting 64

Meeting MOOC Course Examples 64

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Let’s take a moment and examine a few of Dewey’s quotes and see how these might relate to all the new possibilities that exist today. I have often wondered what John Dewey would do in today’s educational setting with our vast amount of knowledge from research and our rapid growth of technology. Sign up soon.

Resources 105

Resources OER Learning STEM 105

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. What are the projections for edtech?

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project. Curating with kids.

OER 46

OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The equivalent for me is going to a class and not being able to study the textbook. As a result, Wichita State is making changes across campus to improve accessibility, including developing a plan to deliver accessible course materials to students who are blind at the same time as all students.

STEM 133

STEM Software Course Accessibility 133

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

. — In a darkened classroom in Essex Technical High School, Anna Maria Miller takes careful notes while watching a subtitled video sampling from Rwanda’s infamous “hate radio,” which helped fuel the genocide of the minority Tutsi population in 1994. Anna has the steadiest hands,” says one of her classmates, observing the deft transfer. “I

Study 81

Study Training Report Industry 81

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.” .” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”)

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Welcome to week two of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and podcast with Audrey Watters. We did try to keep the podcast a little shorter this week--although it wasn''t easy--to much to talk about, and too fun! No matter where you are in the world you can see the schedule in your own time.

Khan Academy 44

Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Policies issued in July by China’s government restricting the country’s massive tutoring industry may aim to give birth to a new era of education in China, one that eases pressure on kids to excel at all costs and diminishes the power of edtech companies. They have differing theories about what the news might mean for China.

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Industry E-rate 150

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2023

With more and more individuals gaining access to the internet globally, online content consumption has manifolded. Naturally, this has had a negative impact on traditional book publishing, with print book sales falling by 6.5% On the flip side, online publishing has taken the industry by storm. These have made the creation of eBooks very easy.

eBook 52

eBook Accessibility Software Learning Analytics 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2019

This single assignment asks students to master science, math, history and language arts standards, which is par for the course for these sixth graders. This single assignment asks students to master science, math, history and language arts standards, which is par for the course for these sixth graders. Subscribe today!

Student Engagement 112

Student Engagement Learning Program Evaluation Case Study 112

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 4, 2023

With more and more individuals gaining access to the internet globally, online content consumption has manifolded. Naturally, this has had a negative impact on traditional book publishing, with print book sales falling by 6.5% On the flip side, online publishing has taken the industry by storm. These have made the creation of eBooks very easy.

eBook 52

eBook Learning Analytics Software Accessibility 52

Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To hike this beast, you’re going to need a full rucksack of study tips and resources so that your approach can be as efficient and effective as possible , but also fun because you chose this direction for a reason: for the love of wine. Also, be sure to catch Brainscape Wine on YouTube for tons of great content that is right up your vineyard!

How To 52

How To Study E-rate Resources 52

Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Wikimedia includes Wikipedia, a dictionary, a collection of textbooks, a collection of mostly copyright-free images and other media as well as other collections of shared information. We used it in a number of courses we co-taught. It became a place where our students added ideas and materials. Wiki Functions. Co-authoring.

Wiki 40

Wiki Classroom Learning Course 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

She relished even the frown lines on students’ faces, signs that she needed to linger on a topic. In normal times, students enrolled in her courses as 10th graders already knew how to navigate high school life. PHILADELPHIA — At first, Marie Wilkins-Walker was just happy to be back in a classroom. Overall, it was about 40 percent.

Dropout 100

Dropout Chromebook Report System 100

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

She looked up topics on the phone, occasionally consulting the textbook in her lap. She looked up topics on the phone, occasionally consulting the textbook in her lap. Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Ally is designed to integrate with a school district’s existing LMS and automatically runs class materials through an accessibility checklist that looks for common accessibility issues. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

Tools 72

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Before Hurricane Katrina, just half of New Orleans public school students earned a high school diploma , and few went on to succeed at a university. She’d been one of the first graduates in a new charter school landscape that many in New Orleans believed could fix a broken education system. She actually liked the country song.

Report 110

Report Study Laptops System 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Instead, students from (typically) two grades learn together in an environment that, advocates say, encourages cooperation and mentoring while allowing struggling students enough time to master material. Photo: Stuart Miller. DEVENS, Mass. — It looks like a typical class in a suburban high school.

Classroom 64

Classroom Elementary Policies Study 64

techlearning

AUGUST 9, 2018

Oh, and of course, check out the accompanying infographic as well…just be sure to read the full post before passing judgement. [ In 2014 I wrote what would be my most popular blog post ever. Little did I know what impact (both positive and negative) this post would have in the educational world. All that to say – Congratulations!

Robotics 65

Robotics Education Social Media Mobile Learning 65

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005. Then, in 2011, Mississippi became a “ model ” for other states when new social studies standards set an expectation that students learn civil rights in depth.

Study 88

Study Report Analysis Course 88

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks.

Trends 117

Trends Digital Divide EdTech Adaptive Learning 117