Marketplace K-12

MAY 10, 2016

In Great Britain, government officials and their testing contractor, Pearson, are investigating how the answers for a spelling and grammar assessment ended up on a site where they didn’t belong. The portal allows a marker to score only the tests they are contracted to look at, Pearson said. Security Under Scrutiny. “We

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Pearson Social Media Common Core Company 40

Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop. They turn to other social media sites , like Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Yik Yak, or Twitter. Everyone is online now. The answer is Brasilia, FYI).

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Gamification Social Media Smartphone Tablets 234

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2011

Social media has allowed me to share my staffs'' continuous development of innovative learning activities to a diverse audience of stakeholders in my community and well beyond. Last year representatives from Pearson reached out to me about visiting NMHS to observe some of my history teachers in action.

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Pearson Social Media Technology Learning 171

Waterford

JULY 8, 2016

Challenges like: social media, cybercrime, cyberbulling, and more. The Lester B Pearson School Board has a wonderful site dedicated to Digital Citizenship. In today’s technology driven world, students are faced with issues our parents and grandparents never had to think about.

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Digital Citizenship Resources Pearson Social Media 165

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A recent Pearson Student Mobile Device Survey clearly states that the number of students who regularly use a tablet has grown compared to the previous year. Data from the same Pearson survey says that 50% of high school students use learning apps, and this percentage grows in the case of students in elementary school. Mobile students.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Classroom Tablets 183

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

The focus is strengthened by the school’s commitment to social media to consistently share and reinforce how everything they are doing centers on the whole child and high levels of student agency. Pearson Education, Inc. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.

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Learning Pearson Elementary Social Media 413

Waterford

JULY 8, 2016

Challenges like: social media, cybercrime, cyberbulling, and more. The Lester B Pearson School Board has a wonderful site dedicated to Digital Citizenship. In today’s technology driven world, students are faced with issues our parents and grandparents never had to think about.

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Digital Citizenship Resources Pearson Social Media 100

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 30, 2016

The large publishing companies ( Pearson , McGraw Hill ), technology players ( Google , Amazon ), and more well established ed tech ( Edmodo , BrainPOP ) all have a lot of real estate, including about a dozen people on the floor, and presentation theaters. See also: How Startups Can Become Social Media Influencers.

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Edmodo Pearson Company Conference 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Finally: Pearson Sells Its US K-12 Courseware Business—for $250 Million* by Tony Wan In February, Pearson finally announced the long-awaited sale of its U.S. The headline value of the deal reads $250 million, but the complex terms has one former Pearson executive calling it a “fire sale.” K-12 courseware business—to a U.S.

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EdTech Knewton Pearson Coursera 79

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Goegan’s email went viral and led many students across the country to hail him as a hero on social media. The combined companies would form the second largest textbook publisher, behind Pearson. And it said no professor was asked to fail students.

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Adaptive Learning Pearson Company Social Media 120

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2022

Educators expressed their displeasure on social media and in OER discussion groups, in part because of Course Hero itself, which some educators feel encourages students to cheat with the course notes and other materials posted there, but also because the deal wasn’t announced, and they felt that its parameters were unclear.

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OER Resources Education Course 130

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That charge, by Brian Goegan, clearly struck a nerve with students around the country, leading to memes on social media portraying the professor as a hero fighting corrupt university officials, as well as t-shirts with the slogan: “ my homework was more expensive than this t-shirt.”

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Pearson Course Social Media Company 158

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

OCTOBER 20, 2016

My company had contracts with the biggest publishing houses in the world, like Pearson and McGraw Hill. How Startups Can Become Social Media Influencers. Before founding Zulama, I worked for 25 years creating educational textbooks. See also: Finding the Back-to-School Balance as a Parent and a Startup CEO.

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Strategy Pearson Industry Company 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

What’s Next for Pearson? The digital era has rocked the once-steady foundation for education kingmakers like Pearson. But after cutting assets ranging from the company’s stake in The Economist to PowerSchool, a student information system, Pearson finally reported a profit again in 2017. Not Buying Your Education Startup.).

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 119

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Before that, she founded education advisory company Quantum Thinking, was an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior fellow at the Gates Foundation, and worked for Kaplan, Pearson, Ellucian, Blackboard and Oracle. “I Employees also scan social media to see what’s working well and not so well for schools and colleges.

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Company Education Kaplan Learning 179

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Egregious examples abound on social media, where companies of all stripes pay celebrities to mention or pose with a product on Instagram. Five years ago, the New York Times probed Pearson about currying favors to win testing contracts from education officials by paying for overseas trips. The tactic is not unique to education.

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EdTech Social Media Pearson Company 70

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Race, Social Media and the Role of Schools : Educational activism is on the rise and more visible than ever before.

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 102

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

How might a sociology class analyze human interactions and behaviors on social media?). Pearson Education announced it’s developing mixed reality content for HoloLens so that students can have (semi) real-world experiences in the classroom. BLACKBOARD'S NEW FRONTEER: Blackboard acquired Fronteer , the U.K.-based

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Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2016

While student data is comprised of grades, attendance and transcripts, it can also include data such as login details, device data, location information and social media interaction on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. The Pearson incident raises important questions about privacy versus marketing and service strategies.

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Student Data Privacy Data Pearson Social Media 40

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Leading schools understand that technology and student services go hand-in-hand, as mobile devices are now ubiquitous (a study by Pearson Education indicates that 9 out of 10 college students own a smartphone).

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Technology Smartphone Mobility Pearson 100

TeacherCast

DECEMBER 29, 2015

In 2012, Jeff was recognized as one of top 50 educators using social media at the first ever Bammy Awards and has been nominated three times in the category of Innovator of the Year. He is currently the Coordinator for Technology Integration for the Westwood Regional School District in New Jersey.

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Education Pearson Android Social Media 68

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? Given communication is important, it’s also worth checking whether or not social media platforms can plug directly into an LMS that doesn’t have those features.

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System LMS Schoology Social Media 95

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

In 2012, Jeff was recognized as one of top 50 educators using social media at the first ever Bammy Awards and has been nominated three times in the category of Innovator of the Year. He is currently the Coordinator for Technology Integration and Instructional Technology Coach for a K-12 Regional School District in New Jersey.

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Edcamps Microsoft Social Media Course 176

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. Pearson, P. It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. (p. New York: Continuum. Teachers College Press. Griffo, V. & Raphael, T.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Pearson is Not a Platform.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

According to Glassdoor for Employers, 86% of younger job seekers (in any field) who are in the first 10 years of their careers use social media in their job search. They know that prospective teachers are observing districts—listening to the word of mouth, observing social media presences, and doing searches online.

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Social Media Policies Survey Examples 79

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 30, 2016

Last year, Pearson was heavily criticized amid revelations its oversaw the monitoring of social media and websites to try to gain intel on the sharing of common-core testing content. Instances of students’ alleged attempted sharing of test content have erupted periodically in the United States.

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Pearson Common Core Social Media Company 40

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

And social media feeds on our worst instincts when it comes to self-esteem. Pearson is launching its own. Emily Anhalt, a clinical psychologist who calls herself an “ emotional fitness consultant ,” led the session, and she started by asking the audience of about 60 people: Who has felt like a phony? A majority of hands went up.

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Company Conference Pearson Industry 109

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. 12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. Toledo, and Dianne Connery.

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Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. 12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. Toledo, and Dianne Connery.

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Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 8, 2017

There are chapters on open scholarship, academic blogging, the use of smartphone and tablets, crowdsourcing data, developing a digital profile, getting started with Twitter, personal learning networks, and leveraging the power of social media, as well as my own chapter on 'Using social media for action research: the benefits and limitations'.

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Social Media Pearson Personal Learning Network Smartphone 10

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2020

Now is not the time for new tools, as we learned from Jennifer Pearson. Connect and learn on social media, host a Twitter chat, create a Facebook group, or just search a useful hashtag. Schools and teachers who had ignored things like G Suite and Google Classroom were in a sink or swim situation. Offline and Online Activities.

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Education Digital Citizenship Microsoft Training 101

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 18, 2016

Pearson 1-year stock price chart, New York Stock Exchange, from Morningstar. Pearson 3-month stock price chart, New York Stock Exchange, from Morningstar. The American Federation of Teachers is pressuring Pearson PLC, the global education company, to conduct a business strategy review with an eye to becoming more profitable.

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Pearson Company Assessment Exercises 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

One of the things that he told me was even teachers who want to meet students where they are are pushing them in a negative direction by hopping on social media, in his opinion. K-12 Inc, which is a standalone company, and Connections Academy, which is owned by Pearson Education. They're paid for by taxpayers.

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Facebook Report Pearson Technology 76

MindShift

JULY 27, 2015

For tweens and teens it can also include some time spent on social media. Ideally, the majority of the time teens spend with their friends should be in person, but we know from recent research that some (or much) teen interaction may take place via mobile phones and social media. 2014; Hofferth & Sandberg, 2001).

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Social Media Outcomes Report Study 28