Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Now that we have powerful, easy-to-use design tools and a capacity for worldwide publishing, we have an opportunity to restore the dignity and integrity of a work ethic by redefining the role of the learner as a contributor to the learning culture. — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. The Learning Is In The Struggle.

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Policies Personalized Learning Assessment Professional Learning 181

Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

These issues may appear isolated but largely stem from systemic problems facing the nation’s schools. Research from the Brown Center for Education Policy at Brookings found that Black students are 5.8 These dialogues can provide a framework for understanding how existing systems and policies can cause inequitable outcomes.

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Strategy Classroom Education EdTech 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. A critical component of Young’s organization success stems from listening closely to what families in the local community need. “We Leading this group of parents was Lakisha Young, co-founder and CEO of The Oakland REACH.

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Advocacy Trends Groups Meeting 163

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Mohammed is Chief Innovation Officer at San Antonio ISD and is a favorite to follow for insight into education policy. Personalize Dallas ISD @PersonalizeDISD. The Personalized Learning Team at the Dallas Independent School District has a great mission: to equip educators and their partners to personalize learning for kids!

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Twitter Education STEM Policies 80

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2021

The moratorium ends as a federal policy on June 30, stripping away protections that have kept potentially thousands of families across the country in their homes. “We We don't have data on the actual rates of mobility,” says Chad d’Entremont, executive director of the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. “We

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Mobility Common Core Policies Data 146

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Our role at the Department of Public Instruction is to provide information, assistance and policy guidance to make sure that when our 5-year-olds come to us in kindergarten, they’re happy, healthy, well-adjusted and have been enjoying environments that are rich in learning.

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Policies Laptops STEM Report 105

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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Trends Education Robotics Blended Learning 52

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In mission statements across the country, references to personalized learning abound, hanging proudly from schoolhouse walls. Laying the groundwork for success Ten years ago, NPS was the second district in the state to implement a “Bring Your Own Device” policy (BYOD), going 1:1 for all students in 2010. Let me explain.

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STEM Personalized Learning BYOD iPad 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As a first step, policymakers around the globe must prioritize writing and enacting policies that establish high bars for the accuracy and equity of AI systems and ensure strong protections for personal data and privacy. Such policies have recently been gaining appreciation and, more importantly, traction.

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Policies Social Media Company Learning 93

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: August 16, 2017 You Need Data to Personalize Learning | Data Quality Campaign → They need data to personalize learning.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

By equipping teachers with the skills and tools needed to understand which tools work best, in which context, and for whom, classrooms will move closer to truly personalizing learning and fulfilling the promise of technology to close persistent achievement gaps. Micro-credentials for Leadership and Learning.

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EdTech Libraries Future Ready Case Study 147

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

After conversations, my administrator scheduled a tour of a local STEM Academy that has robotics in place. All of this directly results from what I learned in the course. You are a person who would like learn on a flexible schedule. You have a personal learning plan. Personalized. Teachscape.

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Course Robotics Video Data 324

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Microsoft has long had a beef with Google—even if the company won’t always admit it today—dating back to the “Scroogled” advertisement campaign that critiqued the search giant’s Chromebooks and privacy policies. The attacks may have since toned down in intensity. Yet the Redmond, Wa.-based Here’s what Microsoft wants the world to know.

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Microsoft Chromebook Pearson Comparison 72

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A team of students from INCubatoredu, a high school entrepreneurship program based in Illinois, reworked their business Trashbots to make robotics and coding accessible and provide hands-on STEM education at home.

Online Learning 145

Online Learning Robotics Learning Instructional Materials 145

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2018

STEMpath is a joint effort between multiple organizations, including the nonprofit mindSpark Learning; Couragion; Metropolitan State University; and Colorado Succeeds—which are all geared toward educators interested in pursuing STEM-CS credentials. AP courses aren’t the biggest area of need [for teachers]. How Great is the Need?

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Industry Education Secondary STEM 88

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Students at STEM School Academy in Douglas County start the computer program to run their historical figure head with artificial intelligence. Other barriers cited were lack of access to technology (27 percent), lack of interest from policy makers (27 percent) and too little teacher autonomy (25 percent).

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Survey Report STEM Strategy 90

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But the bigger driver of our success was new government policies; specifically, No Child Left Behind and specific funding under the Enhancing Education Through Technology program—and our focus on selling multi-year enterprise contracts to large districts. For more details, see my 2015 piece ).

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 159

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Monica explains how teachers can personalize learning through Lumio lessons. Those ideas, stemming from the Mystery Skype concept, included: a mystery animal connection, a mystery number connection, a mystery geography connection, and reading your favorite book. See: Copyright Policy.

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Elementary Differentiated Instruction Assessment Training 86

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

While many families are eager for a return to in-person learning this fall, others are not: Surveys show that some families are reluctant to return — and, that Black and Asian families are the most likely to feel this way. She has no plans for them to return to school even when in-person learning resumes.

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Report Personalized Learning Survey Training 133

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Virginia educator Tim Stahmer talks all things STEM (science, technology, education and math) on his blog. The organization’s blog offers useful insights and advice on classroom technologies, digital citizenship, personalized learning and more. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Alice Keeler. alicekeeler | Read the blog.

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Technology Twitter Digital Learning Tools 355

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

K-12 educational technology policy. educational technology policy should be over the coming four years (when the law will next come due to be reauthorized). .” Were it that simple… This post – which summarizes and analyzes this new program – is the second in a series evaluating the federal role in U.S.

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Policies Technology Education OER 258

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The call was just one of a dozen that Manwell received last fall telling her John couldn’t stay in school because of behaviors she says stemmed from his disability. Many schools have promised to cut down on suspensions, since kids can’t learn as well when they aren’t in class.

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Outcomes Report Elementary STEM 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. But the foundational knowledge, the skills to be able to learn and do well in school later are so important. Kindergarten matters a lot.”.

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Survey Elementary Personalized Learning Report 142

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws. These are things that you need.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Common Core Elementary 82

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

(Lachelle Brant) Creating Guidelines for Distance Education The Problem: Sometimes, the greatest solution stems from the greatest need. To Address It: To address this, state policies were developed that successfully eliminated any barriers to student access and opportunities.

EdTech 88

EdTech Edcamps Course Program Evaluation 88

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Yet state leaders soon realized they had to lay the literal groundwork first by ensuring that schools had enough connectivity to support digital learning. In some cases, state policy literally had to change to support digital learning. Student learning is changing and accelerating and improving!” Led by Gov.

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Digital Learning Learning Broadband STEM 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

As hard as those first months were, the gradual return to in-person learning in fall 2020 was harder. Calen Evans, a STEM coordinator in the Washoe County School District and president of an advocacy group called Empower Nevada Teachers, is bracing himself for that change yet again. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada.

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Meeting Advocacy Report STEM 145

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

It is also important to gauge students’ age and ability while aligning it with the district AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) and the each tool’s Terms of Use. That’s the basis of Curriki, a nonprofit K-12 global community for teachers, students, and parents to create, share, and find free learning resources that enable true personalized learning.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Her artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and assistive technology research has resulted in over 250 peer-reviewed publications and a number of commercialized products, including STEM Storiez , a set of AI-powered gamified e-books for early STEM education.

EdTech 40

EdTech LMS Robotics Training 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Since then, Code.org has been tracking state policy changes and a number of other metrics about computer science education. That’s up from 12 states in 2013, when Code.org launched, aiming to expand access to computer science in U.S. schools and increase participation among girls and underrepresented minorities in particular.

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Course Analysis Trends Report 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. But the foundational knowledge, the skills to be able to learn and do well in school later are so important. Kindergarten matters a lot.”.

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Survey Elementary Report Social Media 69

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

CLASSCRAFT ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND QUESTS MARKETPLACE FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING ( www.classcraft.com/?utm_source=techlearning.com&utm_medium=referral Schools and districts can compile webmixes, or collections of resources and Learning Paths, into a private gallery.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

At Belmont, fourth and fifth graders get extra lessons in STEM subjects, such as robotics and hands-on science experiments. For the entirety of Khadija and her fifth grade classmates’ lives, immigration policy has been at the center of national debate.

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Robotics Elementary Report Groups 134

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

Study of grades 3-5 students showed improved math achievement with personalized learning approach. A research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5.

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Elementary Study Adaptive Learning Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

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