eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2022

FOLSOM, Calif — PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, today announced it has launched Connected Intelligence by PowerSchool®. Access to all data in one place empowers educators and stakeholders with key insights to improve student outcomes.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

Jody Britten, a senior associate at the Metiri Group , talked about how 3D technologies and data visualization tools lead to better learning outcomes with EdTech. At Penn State, a weekend workshop for educators focused on how to use 3D design software and printers. How Teachers and Students Use 3D Printing in Today’s Classrooms.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2022

It is funded through $50,000 in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds and an additional $30,000 included as part of a U.S. Vector Solutions is the leading provider of training and software solutions to help schools make their operations and communities safer, smarter, and better. Department of Education grant.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

For districts in need of additional technologies to make hybrid classrooms successful, here's a closer look at the new funding available and how to secure it: ESSER Funds and How to Use Them The original CARES Act included an education stabilization fund called Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief (ESSER).

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 These dialogues can provide a framework for understanding how existing systems and policies can cause inequitable outcomes.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Many predict that the new wave of e-commerce triggered by shelter-in-place mandates will be here to stay, which will further drive demand for software engineering, data analytics, and digital marketing skills, which were already difficult to find. And it appears that investing in last-mile training has a secondary benefit: higher retention.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

That’s the argument of Candace Thille, who has a love-distrust relationship with adaptive software. Thille, an assistant professor of education at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education who previously worked in the private sector, stresses that she’s not against software companies. That was way back in 2001.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 2, 2018

Having said that, teachers (in particular primary) are already being pressured with an increasing array of outcomes they must address. James Lovelock currently works for EdAlive Educational Software , a respected publisher of educational software in Australia, and oversees the provision of Typing Tournament to various institutions.

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ExcelinEd

JUNE 5, 2019

However, there is limited research on education and labor market outcomes associated with earning an industry credential in high school. Where Credentials Meet the Market builds on the foundation laid in Credentials Matter: A National Landscape to examine the impact of credential attainment on long-term student outcomes.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

LEGO Education solutions are a perfect tool for today’s educators who are looking to boost student engagement and STEAM curiosity, while also improving learning outcomes. There are three levels of the LEGO Education learning portfolio: Early Learning, Primary, and Secondary. Here’s a quick look at all three of them.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. That data is then fed into program and budget review cycles.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

They can help students in secondary school better understand physics concepts and other complex materials. In order for the simulation to have the desired outcome, every participant should be active during the process. Simulations aren’t reserved just for pilots though. They could be used in all fields, at all levels of education.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

Effective ways to evaluate software and online services in regard to student privacy were discussed during a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate. Monica Watts provided an overview of the complex digital ecosystems many districts now have, and the wide array of software and services included in them.

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Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Improvement in post secondary education will require converting teaching from a solo sport to a community-based research activity. Here’s what we’re doing this fall: We have analyzed data from Spring 2018 to empirically determine which learning outcomes students struggled with the most in five Waymaker courses. Simon , 1986).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Company’s assessment-driven, integrated instructional ecosystem enables schools and districts to benchmark student progress; teach, plan, and respond to students’ needs in real-time with personalized instruction; and offer supplemental student literacy and math learning software solutions. Goldman Sachs & Co. About Francisco Partners.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Sure enough, elementary and secondary teachers are among the most educated yet least paid professionals; and their likelihood of automation: practically zero. When implemented correctly, teachers and software work in tandem to support student learning. Yet the debate about machines replacing teachers rages on.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Teaching computer coding skills and concepts in the primary grades may sound like a challenge, but now there are hands-on activities and age-appropriate software that engage young students in this type of learning. Building Coding Skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2024, developing more meaningful school-home relationships and partnering with families to support better student outcomes will be imperative. Communications with student-level data tied to outcomes feel relevant and actionable to families. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

His course expects a “new workflow,” he explains, since it uses adaptive courseware software, as well as a flipped classroom model where lectures are replaced with the interactive material. Ithaka S+R , and a group called Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics , or TPSE Math. The mission? At Your Own Pace’.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

As education policy moves away from the much-maligned No Child Left Behind and toward new legislation focusing on learning outcomes, technology-enabled formative assessments are moving to the foreground as a way to gauge student learning in real time. Delivering formative assessments is made easier with classroom technology tools.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

For a long time, arguably the best known anti-cheating technology was the plagiarism detection software TurnItIn. So they turned some of their research on pattern-matching of brainwaves to create a piece of software that would identify patterns in texts. Anti-cheating software isn't just about plagiarism, of course.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

The ASU GSV conference stands out for being unabashedly capitalist, in the sense that everyone believes that delivering on profits and student outcome can go hand-in-hand. Frontline Seeks a New Frontman Frontline Education, which offers a slew of administrative and human resources software for K-12 districts, is seeking a new CEO.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

Its software aims to capture and analyze key behavioral and performance metrics from students, allowing educators to monitor and improve student outcomes. Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve outcomes for teachers and learners across K-12 and higher education. MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal.

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edWeb.net

JULY 29, 2022

Another finding was that education and career service providers have limited capacity to collect and track longitudinal data outcomes for learners and workers, including those who may have exited a training program before completion, leaving them unable to evaluate their needs. certifications, software programming, etc.—should

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 12, 2015

” Materials or software that claim to be “open” but are traditionally copyrighted “All Rights Reserved” are more appropriately called “faux-pen” (fake open). We call these the 5R permissions – Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute. See The Access Compromise and the 5th R.).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2016

Our laptop initiative provides the hardware and software for secondary students to complete homework assignments and collaborate digitally. With the positive outcome of the kiosk program pilot, expansion is also in the works.

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Reading By Example

MAY 29, 2015

For K-12 schools, teachers may no longer be required to have a degree in education, or even a degree period, to teacher courses in secondary schools. I asked two major software vendors on Twitter , who our district partners with regarding student learning, on where they stand with these cuts to public education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2024, developing more meaningful school-home relationships and partnering with families to support better student outcomes will be imperative. Communications with student-level data tied to outcomes feel relevant and actionable to families. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2015

Educators at Nordahl Grieg Upper Secondary, a public high school in Norway, are taking a unique approach to teaching that treats video games as just another classroom tool. According to the Entertainment Software Association, which represents the video game industry, the average age of a video game player in the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

Instead of having good interrelations with other people because good interrelations are fulfilling and produce good outcomes, your good interrelations exist as a formal exercise that you engage in for fear of reprisals. Whenever we talk about education, we struggle with intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. I always meet students.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Remember Edmodo? It’s now an LMS too.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools : While there are great gains with flipped learning classrooms, there is also some criticism for this new pedagogical strategy. So what does this mean?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2014

Saturday, March 8th at 12pm CR20 LIVE - DonorsChoose: Tips for Success , If you have important learning projects, tools, books or even technology hardware/software you need for your classrooms and can''t find funding to purchase them, this is a show you won''t want to miss. Join the conversation using the hashtag #globaledchat. Thanks, Karen!

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs.

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