Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 21, 2015

“It was a fun event to get teens out to make them aware of everything different organizations around the city were offering during the summer, whether that be just drop-in programming like the library has or intensive types of programming or internships,” said Julie Koslowsky of the Chicago Public Library. and Catherine T.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Patrick Farenga is a leading and unique authority on homeschooling, bringing more than 30 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife homeschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways. Receive a special 15% discount at the end just by attending!

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If It’s easier to delay minor building maintenance, bus purchases or technology upgrades. We didn’t have a lot of extra.

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 54

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Next, once the mission is clear, leaders should work with the tech team and teachers to ensure that the technology will meet those goals. Leaders need to make sure that lawmakers and board members see the tech plan as a long-term, sustainable project and not just a one-off purchase of laptops.

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Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 53

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

“I like building stuff,” said 11-year-old Isabella Lagunas, describing the appeal of her science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) after-school program, Girlstart. “In For low-income kids it’s really hard for programs to run in person,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It

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edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

They address the four critical areas that school leaders must address as outlined in the Leadership for Digital Learning Initiative —technological platforms, human platforms, program management, and communications with all internal and external stakeholders. Winchester Public Schools (VA) has taken a scaffolding approach to technology.

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Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 54

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

To try to answer this question, I did a quick count of the titles listed in the Open Textbook Library , which is the biggest referatory of “whole course OER” that I’m aware of. The things you actually care about in smartphones or search engines or laptops happen far above the level of the kernel. Sounding familiar yet?).

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. net is an all-inone web-based mathematics resource geared for K-12 mathematics and beyond.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

He is a former teacher but spent 20 years away from the classroom working as a technology attorney and software executive. Lilly held a variety of roles with the district, including Curriculum Specialist, Director of Technology, and Principal. Cabrera was named Superintendent at El Paso Independent School District in Texas in 2013.

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PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ALMA START ( www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies launched an enrollment and admissions management tool called Alma Start. As part of this collaboration, ReadSpeaker’s text-to-speech technology will also be integrated within Blackboard Ally as an offline audio alternative for course content. KANO EDUCATION PACKAGES ( kano.me/educators/packages

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Of particular note are the special "turn your old pcs into Chromebooks" event today, the pretty amazing new speakers we have for "Privacy Con" (the Library 2.106 event next week), and new library events in June and October ("Library as Classroom" and "Libraries of the Future").

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. million into schoolwide technology upgrades. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” $100,000. Education in the Courts.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. Should you ban laptops ? Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”? Are standing desks ?

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