Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The once novel technology behind chess- and gameshow-playing computers is all but commonplace today; it’s in everything from medical diagnostic applications to Gmail spam filters—and as some high school and college students are finding out, a new generation of online tools for foreign language learning.

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Software Company Study Flipped Classroom 143

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Modest by comparison, Western Governors University, the largest in the U.S., higher ed responded swiftly by opening online in a few weeks , a feat made possible only because privileged American secondary intuitions long ago introduced digital access in nearly every college in the nation. boasts merely 120,000 enrollments.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 126

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has always required local agency plans as a condition of getting the federal funding. A brief comparison of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and ESSA illustrates the point. Technology providers, in turn, tailored a generation of such products.

Education 81

Education Policies Comparison Outcomes 81

Learning with 'e's

APRIL 19, 2014

It''s not a new phrase, but I was reminded of it again recently by Aaron Davis , a secondary school teacher in Melbourne, who has a prolific education Twitter account. In 1962, technology use was minimal in comparison to today''s ubiquitous global digital capabilities. I feel ''it takes a village'' requires some unpacking.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

schools should make every effort to expand computer science education to keep up with workforce demands, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). But that figure pales in comparison to the number of students taking AP calculus—and in California, there are still more kids taking ceramics.”.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 28, 2016

During a Summit, students work with world class educators learning to how to utilize technology in the classroom. Scheduled for a full day or entire week, Students Summits expose students and teachers to educational technology experiences. Temple High School students have presented their technology model in many ways.

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Chromebook Schoology Comparison Training 40

MindShift

MAY 1, 2019

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. procrastination, disruptiveness, disordered eating, cutting, drinking, violence, taking drugs, technological addiction, and so on—?have Used with permission of the publisher, W. Norton & Company.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2016

All they care about is obtaining statistics that show how good their education system is in comparison to others. Most admitted they were more interested in the grade - the feedback was secondary. Don't blame the technology. was it the grade, or the feedback? Haven't we got this all backwards? No-one should blame them.

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System Comparison Secondary Trends 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know. Technology companies may come up with new ways of measuring learning, Johnson said. “I

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Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 104

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2016

All they care about is obtaining statistics that show how good their education system is in comparison to others. Most admitted they were more interested in the grade - the feedback was secondary. Don't blame the technology. was it the grade, or the feedback? Haven't we got this all backwards? No-one should blame them.

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Comparison Secondary System Trends 22

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). Naturally I find two key features absent or woefully underplayed, namely technology and adjunctification. ” (30). differentiation will have to be much stronger, tied more closely to market needs (115ff).

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Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). Naturally I find two key features absent or woefully underplayed, namely technology and adjunctification. ” (30). differentiation will have to be much stronger, tied more closely to market needs (115ff).

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Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By comparison, teachers in New York can expect to make around $85K per year. If you have some years of experience in the classroom and you are looking for ways to streamline that secondary income, making a list like the one I made for myself is a great way to see where you would prefer to put that time and energy.

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Company Course Comparison Classroom 52

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Here’s a full comparison.). Schools may want teachers and secondary students to have access to Gmail, but not give Gmail access to K-5, and that is possible through user groups. Has your school gone Google yet? If not, you may be wondering, “What’s the difference between using a personal account and a G Suite for Education account?”

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Google Education Course Groups 78

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Teachers can easily manage esports teams by focusing on managing students rather than being experts in the games or technology. Equipment for esports can often be repurposed from existing technology used in other classes. And we have grade checks every three weeks in every secondary school in the state.

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E-rate Education Meeting Industry 362

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. By comparison, the national average is about 20.4 Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If It’s easier to delay minor building maintenance, bus purchases or technology upgrades. The last time schools were fully funded, in 2008, the state spent roughly $2.56

Elementary 55

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 55

Neo LMS

JUNE 12, 2018

Streaming in schools is a contentious subject, and there are studies to show that streaming prior to upper secondary school can have a negative effect on both social and academic outcomes, particularly for underprivileged students. Streaming should really only be considered in a high school setting. What role will ed-tech play?

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E-rate Robotics Comparison Industry 213

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. education technology companies raised $1.45 educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education.

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EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 150

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

To be sure, ongoing ill will over NCLB influenced the bitter, drawn-out negotiations over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became ESSA (NCLB was also a reauthorization of the 1965 act). How much of No Child Left Behind’s legacy still lingers on in its successor? Indeed, a 2013 report from the U.S

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Education Policies Learning Report 40

Waterford

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Gen X was the first generation to regularly use modern communication technology (think computers and cell phones) from home at a younger age.[4] 4] Because they can remember a time before this technology, however, they may not be as dependent on it as later generations.

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Social Media Smartphone Elementary Facebook 228

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And the secondary piece is that we help them to not just be lone rangers by allowing them to train other educators and other leaders in their schools and districts so that they can expand into more of an initiative, instead of just one person who knows a little bit about AI. What are the connections to content areas that they can learn?

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

For example, if a teacher is teaching a reading analysis standard, such as “compare and contrast,” a Venn diagram would be the best tool to use because it naturally points the mind to the task of comparison.

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Common Core Tools Analysis Comparison 60

MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 16, 2018

You probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that every education technology (edtech) publisher says their product works, and they all have some sort of supporting evidence. But school districts differ in many ways—from technology, to culture, to student subgroup distributions. In many cases, it’s just one study.

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Study EdTech Program Evaluation Assessment 85

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 30, 2016

Professor Robert Archibald broke down the complex problem elegantly, while giving us a sneak peak at his forthcoming research, offering a first masterclass in post-secondary education finance. However, some of those campuses allocate some of their budget to research apart from teaching, so the comparison isn’t exact.

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Trends Video Education Comparison 42

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 30, 2016

Professor Robert Archibald broke down the complex problem elegantly, while giving us a sneak peak at his forthcoming research, offering a first masterclass in post-secondary education finance. However, some of those campuses allocate some of their budget to research apart from teaching, so the comparison isn’t exact.

Trends 40

Trends Video Education Comparison 40

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

And then when I went into the business world and saw that because of advances in technology, you could create new institutions from scratch. Much like Michelle's perspective, I thought, ‘why don't you actually leverage technology to create a new kind of education? [We Nelson: So, yes. One which is substantial, and one which is crucial.

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Meeting Course Technology System 85

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2021

Since the onset of the pandemic nearly a year ago, educators have been tasked with addressing new, multi-layered challenges due to the primary and secondary trauma associated with COVID-19. Evidence suggests those responsibilities are taking an emotional toll on these critical members of our communities.

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Secondary Education Meeting Comparison 170

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

“I wouldn’t have been able to use that strategy at the secondary level,” she said. The scientific research on reading goes back decades, from work psychologists were doing in the 1960s to more recent discoveries by neuroscientists using brain imaging technology. He makes a comparison to climate change research.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. That was certainly the case in our experience. You can now find out.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 14, 2019

After almost a decade of teaching in the secondary ELA classroom in the United States and abroad in Bulgaria, Betsy started the Spark Creativity website and podcast. This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Betsy Potash of Spark Creativity and I talk about how to make teaching more enjoyable for introverted teachers.

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How To Meeting Course Conference 56

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. Here’s a comparison of what funding looked like in Julys of previous years: What Kind of Companies Are Raising Money?

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Coursera Knewton Company Udemy 57

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Some testing experts say that gaps in the data will render it useless for comparison purposes and could even lead to the misallocation of resources. But nearly a year after districts and nonprofits began distributing thousands of laptops and hotspots to students stuck studying at home, access to those technologies remains uneven.

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Education Assessment Data Elementary 119

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is no exception.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

Forty percent of primary school students in Kakuma are girls, but they make up less than a quarter of all secondary school enrollments. Windle Trust Kenya, the nonprofit that runs the camp’s secondary schools in partnership with UNHCR, lacks the funding to do more than triage the situation. Navigating secondary school.

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Secondary Report Training Study 108