Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

LearnLaunch Institute , the Massachusetts Personalized Learning Edtech Consortium (MAPLE) functions as a professional learning community for 32 district members that aim to implement personalized learning. Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.) But it can help.

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Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 66

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

Today, the average US teacher uses 148 different EdTech products and the average US school district uses over 1,400 EdTech solutions. While schools have worked to embrace technology for decades, innovation has been slow and fragmented, and most new technologies have been designed to solve a singular problem.

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Sony Blended Learning Pearson Learning 97

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

In modern classrooms , static seating arrangements are going the way of blackboards and chalk as a growing appreciation for flexible learning environments drives changes to furniture and classroom design. . Another factor to consider is the physical space required for computer labs. . by Amy Passow.

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Chromebook Microsoft Adobe BYOD 264

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

based 21st Century Cyber Charter School (21CCCS), teachers and administrators rely on learning tools such as Edmentum’s Study Island , Blackboard Collaborate and Moodle to identify student needs and trends. For instance, at the Downingtown, Pa.-based It helps with grouping students so we can make recommendations and move their path.

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Outcomes Data Blackboard Moodle 294

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles.

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Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

on behalf of CDWG Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades PK–8 STEMscopes Science, Accelerate Learning Inc. on behalf of CDWG Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades PK–8 STEMscopes Science, Accelerate Learning Inc.

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IXL Learning Technology Pearson Education 59

PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

With the ever-evolving educational landscape, schools are always on the lookout for the best software products to enhance the learning experience for their students. As we look ahead to 2023, there is a plethora of EdTech available to schools that can improve efficiency and student engagement.

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Software LMS Moodle Laptops 93

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Edtech, I believe, is going through a similar rebuilding moment powered by three trends: widely available infrastructure, the catalytic impact of spending by both the government and philanthropy in education, and—finally—the embrace of edtech by educational institutions and educators themselves. Not yet convinced?

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 141

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Google Forms integrates well with Google Apps for Education, Google Classroom and many LMSs such as Blackboard. Create personalized learning activities. For more ways to use Google Forms in your classroom, check out this Google Doc , these options from Alice Keeler , and this from EdTech Magazine. How to use it.

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Google How To Classroom Survey 150

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. Open-ed people, personalized-learning people, and the learning-analytics people, they don’t talk to each other that much.”

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Technology Education Pearson Blackboard 69

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

So, when I, again, a million years ago started teaching — started on a blackboard, moved to a whiteboard, then moved to an interactive whiteboard — if my teaching pedagogy didn’t shift, then I’m really not doing anything different than using chalk and a blackboard.

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Social Media Blended Learning Data Blackboard 236

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gone are the days when a blackboard/whiteboard and textbooks were the only student resources available to learners. Today, students are blessed with interactive platforms, personalized education, online learning, and educational software that have been designed to enhance the learning experience.

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Software eBook How To Classroom 52

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

When we support parents’ learning, they create a culture of learning at home.” Edtech programs that mirror video games were also brought in, building student confidence as learners won badges and advanced through the levels of the adaptive programs. Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ?

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 109

PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

With the ever-evolving educational landscape, schools are always on the lookout for the best software products to enhance the learning experience for their students. As we look ahead to 2023, there is a plethora of EdTech available to schools that can improve efficiency and student engagement.

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Software LMS Moodle Laptops 40

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Khan Academy provides personalized learning for students at their pace and is an excellent flipped classroom tool for teachers to identify their students’ strengths and needs. Interactive Whiteboard Edtech Tools. ShowMe is an Edtech tool that turns a teacher’s iPad into an interactive whiteboard. Khan Academy.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 69

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

One company not using Amazon to run its computing infrastructure: Blackboard. Not sure if this is new or just new-to-me, but the learn-to-code startup Codecademy now has a paid “ Pro ” option that, for $19.99/month month gives you a “personalized learning plan.” edtech https://t.co/DOo11lof2f

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” From the press release : “ Blackboard Announces Organizational Changes to Better Serve Clients Worldwide.” Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company. . ” From the Blackboard blog : “ Advertising In Schools : This Parent Says It’s Time to Embrace It.”

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard. ” Immigration and Education.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

” Tutoring is the cornerstone of technological fantasies about “personalized learning.” One of the most active acquirers this year was the private equity firm Francisco Partners, which bought Discovery Education, Renaissance Learning, and MyON.). Microsoft bought three companies in 2018.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” ” From MIT’s Justin Reich : “Five Answers About EdTech Experiments: A Response to Benjamin Herold.”

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Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

. - Mark Nichols, Digital Promise Fellow Engaging K-12 Students in Meaningful Global Discussions with WorldVuze - Julia Coburn, Executive Director and Co-Founder of WorldVuz Global Learning: Exploring the World After School - Mary Grenz Jalloh, Director Students Investigate Culture Through Ethnography and Mobile Devices - Harry G Tuttle, Ed.

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Conference Education Digital Badges Gamification 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

. - Mark Nichols, Digital Promise Fellow Engaging K-12 Students in Meaningful Global Discussions with WorldVuze - Julia Coburn, Executive Director and Co-Founder of WorldVuz Global Learning: Exploring the World After School - Mary Grenz Jalloh, Director Students Investigate Culture Through Ethnography and Mobile Devices - Harry G Tuttle, Ed.

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Conference Education Digital Badges Gamification 28

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

ISTE amping up/normalizing surveillance in education at this year's conference: "Smart badges at ISTE 2018" [link] Note: EventBit doesn't post a privacy policy, but parent company's policy is hardly comforting: [link] #edtech #ISTE2018 #ISTE18 — ???????? ?????????? douglevin) June 11, 2018.

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Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

This week, Edsurge covers a charter school there and its promotion of “ personalized learning ” and assessment technologies. “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” ” Via Education Week : “‘ Personalized Learning ’ Guidebook Geared to Rural Districts’ Needs.”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In addition to the anti-First Amendment supporter Thiel, Jackson also name-dropped her connections to David Horowitz , a long-time advocate for silencing left-learning professors on campus, in order to get her job. Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” Memos from HR.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“ Is Blackboard dying? Bless this headline ( from The 74 ) ’s heart: “Educators & Experts Say Personalized Learning Is Not About Technology or Money but Leadership and Relationships.” Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.” ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.” “ Can personalized learning prevail? ” asks ZDNet.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned. Perhaps this will help the Grovo fellows: “Tips for Landing an Edtech Gig – From the EdSurge Jobs Team.” Inside Higher Ed examines the challenges facing LMS provider Blackboard. ” (Wow. This image speaks volumes.).

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. ” From the HR Department.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. Via Education Week : “ Personalized Learning : ‘A Cautionary Tale’ ” eCampus News offers “9 online learning predictions for the upcoming term.” ” The Business of Job Training.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard. The company IPO’d in 2015 and finally surpassed Blackboard’s US market share in 2018. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145