eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. Today, over 2.9

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 16, 2018

“When I learned that leasing dark fiber was a possibility for the school district, and that E-rate would support the construction and monthly charges, I immediately knew it was the way we needed to go.” In doing so, he learned about E-rate and its importance in funding a school district’s Internet access.

E-rate 65

E-rate Broadband Industry Technology 65

Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

What led you to become passionate about expanding broadband access, and what motivates you most about your role as Director of Instructional Policy and State E-rate Coordinator at DESE? They provided free technical assistance to education administrators in navigating the E-rate program.

Technology 74

Technology E-rate Broadband Outcomes 74

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2022

and her classmates were scrolling through Naviance for Middle Schools, a tool for assessing strengths and interests. A recent report found Indiana’s rates at their lowest in recent history. Just 59 percent of students here enroll after high school, a drop from a rate of 61 percent in 2018. On the day I visited Northview, K.C.

E-rate 103

E-rate Secondary Report Trends 103

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

Online Learning 125

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 125

techlearning

JUNE 27, 2018

“Our talented, hardworking team is the driving force behind Curriculum Associates’ success and is why we remain an innovative leader in the education technology industry.” Company rankings were also published in a special supplement in the June 22 edition.

E-rate 40

E-rate Company Instructional Materials Survey 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

According to the most recent figures from Funds for Learning, E-Rate applicants nationwide requested almost $748 million in discounts against the purchase of just over $1 billion in Category Two products and services, which are detailed in this chart (right). What major businesses and industries are in the region?

Chromebook 40

Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. Today, over 2.9

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Brainscape

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Personalize the training : Importantly, the sales training should provide frequent formative assessments, constantly adjusting to the learner’s needs so that their limited training time is spent targeting their highest areas of learning opportunity (and difficulty). Personality and judgment need to come into play just as keenly.

Training 52

Training Study Company E-rate 52

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

P rovide s additional funding for schools serving communities with higher poverty rates ; and . Assessing Anticipated Learning Loss. A llow s elementary schools the flexibility to add additional instructional days (up to 210 days); . Student-Centered Response to COVID-19 . Designing New School Models. platform. .

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

Education 215

Education Learning Software Knewton 215

IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Being so hot also means that the industry uses the term “learning analytics” in a variety of ways. If you want to follow a more formal approach towards analytics implementation, there are a number of learning analytics readiness assessment tools.

Learning Analytics 62

Learning Analytics LMS Analysis Learning 62

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

The recognition is that technology is probably one of the most important powering forces behind innovation that’s happening across a variety of different sectors, whether it’s retail, e-commerce, or whether it’s banking and payments online. We haven’t raised our tuition, it’s been the same rate in that time period. Yeah, they do.

Outcomes 78

Outcomes E-rate Accessibility Course 78

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Although an industry of college-access nonprofits has sprouted to fill some of these gaps by providing low-income students in urban areas one-on-one advice and instruction, that new industry has struggled to figure out how to efficiently reach kids in far-flung locales. percent, three points above the 84.1

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

as if offended by her cruel self-assessment. In fact, down the hallway from his algebra class, two industrious history teachers were trying out their own strategies. After the June 2017 Regents, 25 of the 41 students who had repeatedly failed the state exam passed — a rate of 61 percent. Hulleman and Kenn E.

E-rate 108

E-rate Strategy Report Common Core 108

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

And those who quit early can be pursued by debt collectors and blacklisted among other companies in the industry, making it difficult for them to find a new job. With e-commerce leading Americans to expect quick delivery, trucking companies face pressure to haul more and do it faster. That training program is like a money mill to them.

Training 27

Training Company E-rate Industry 27

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. In September, the unemployment rate was 9 percent, down from a peak of 15 percent in May. Still, these gigs weren’t enough to land a full-time job.

Training 98

Training Company Analysis E-rate 98

Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Keep in mind that these recommendations are aimed at parents and families -- not teachers -- but the age rating and content grid in each review can serve as a useful guide. Our colleagues over at Common Sense Media have reviews for many, if not most, of the TV shows and movies you might want to show. Price: Both free and paid options.

Video 90

Video Classroom Digital Citizenship Libraries 90

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Although employers from all industries face a number of obstacles when engaging in workforce development, they continue to demonstrate a commitment to train and upskill frontline workers. Human Resources Director Healthcare Industry. Conduct a Needs Assessment to Fuel Demand for Improved Workforce Development Programs.

Data 120

Data Industry Training E-rate 120

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The emergence of new industrial technologies has caused such rapid changes in manufacturing that employers are in constant need of workers who are technically advanced, process savvy, and natural problem solvers. Wacom spread awareness about the importance of using industry-standard equipment in CTE programs.

EdTech 130

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 130

SETDA Says

MAY 11, 2015

This site and newsletter brings together the largest set of industry. Ed Tech Update has the answer… SETDA is excited to share Ed Tech Update. read more.

Industry 28

Industry Equity of Access E-rate Online Assessments 28

Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Phill and Graham had a wonderful conversation on the topic of e-learning and explored six key digital learning trends that are reshaping the EdTech landscape. Without further ado, here are the general directions in which the industry of educational technologies is growing: Adaptive learning and learner-centric education.

Trends 317

Trends Digital Learning EdTech Gamification 317

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. We’re preparing kids for these jobs of tomorrow, but we really don’t even know what they are,” said Amy McLeod, the school’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Twenty-one percent of Lowell residents live in poverty; the average rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent.

E-rate 97

E-rate Industry Report Survey 97

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Learning.comoffers a complete online safety curriculum that provides lesson plans and activities, reporting on district E-rate compliance, and seamless integration with Google Classroom and other widely used learning platforms. Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with one in six U.S.

E-rate 41

E-rate Online Assessments Industry Report 41

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Photo: Meghan E. The shift has coincided with improved test scores and graduation rates. “I Conferences for teachers from coast to coast brim with representatives from the multibillion-dollar technology industry, many of them promising to help teachers provide customized tracks for education.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

And then lastly a lot of these Learning Gadgets allow you to bring in third-party content — so almost anything that exists on the web you can bring right into a Versal course, organize it, organize it in lessons, put assessments in between, and so on. So this 8-percent e-textbook adoption rate is very alarming.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

It can do so with encouraging highlighting or instant pop-up formative assessments that are welcomed because they could mean more “points” for a student. By definition, it’s the “motion” of “e.” Unlike in the tech industry, where “e” is “electronic,” in “emotion,” it’s “excite,” signifying that motion is present but not always seen.

EdTech 203

EdTech E-rate Trends Equity of Access 203

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

The importance of Retain becomes particularly clear in the context of the emergence of services like Spotify and Netflix at home, and library subscriptions to e-book collections, databases, and journals on campus. For example, if I can’t download my own copy of a resource, I can’t make changes to it. References.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Google now controls nearly ninety per cent of search advertising, Facebook almost eighty per cent of mobile social traffic, and Amazon about seventy-five per cent of e-book sales. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Google now controls nearly ninety per cent of search advertising, Facebook almost eighty per cent of mobile social traffic, and Amazon about seventy-five per cent of e-book sales. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 12,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry. Curriculum is available online and for iBooks, with interactive activities, videos, and assessments. Learn more and register here.

Google 54

Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Traditional textbooks are being replaced by interactive e-books and online resources, giving students dynamic and multimedia-rich content that can be updated as the world changes. Adaptive learning platforms and educational apps cater to individual learning styles and paces, enabling students to progress at their own rate.

Technology 72

Technology Education Adaptive Learning Accessibility 72

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. Almost half of Mississippi’s 4-year-olds are not attending any preschool at all, according to the Annie E. Skeptics remain.

Elementary 63

Elementary Data Training Report 63

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022. With edtech usage higher than ever, the edtech industry will use this as an opportunity to evolve. As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning.

EdTech 112

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 112

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8 billion by 2022.

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Rural fourth- and eighth-graders do, in fact, score better on the National Assessment of Educational Progress than urban students, on average, and just as well as suburban ones, the U.S. And rural students graduate from high school at higher rates than their urban, and about the same levels as their suburban, counterparts.

E-rate 97

E-rate Report Dropout Course 97