eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This year, the Horizon Report’s Higher Education Edition does include graphics with some historical data, demonstrating how some technologies and topics appear and reappear and how some simply disappear altogether from the horizon. Adaptive Learning Technologies. Mobile Learning. Click for full-size.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Learn more about storage here. Google Classroom was originally built to simplify blended learning, but it has now become a more robust learning management system. Improved grading on mobile (coming later this year) : More teachers are using mobile devices to give feedback on the go. Google Classroom Updates.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

We have managed to troubleshoot the mobilization of meal programs, lack of technology equipment, online teacher training, and a whole host of issues that come with a change of this magnitude. “Three days to conduct a survey of technology needs from 130,000 students and to prepare thousands of computers for student use.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 24, 2011

Blended Learning is the combination of face to face and online instruction. With school districts facing budget cuts and the maintenance and upkeep of school buildings increasing, it only makes sense that schools leverage technology to reduce costs while improving instruction.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. We want technology to assume a new role -- as a human relationship builder, not as a solution by itself. The answer is: not yet!

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. We want technology to assume a new role -- as a human relationship builder, not as a solution by itself. The answer is: not yet!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Tuesday, June 17th - Thursday, June 19th in Portland, OR NMC Summer Conference - Portland , The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting highly skilled professionals interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Learn more and register here.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The STEAM labs, STEAM coordinators and technology education teachers are part of a district-wide embrace of “computational thinking.”. Computational thinking is intimately related to computer coding, which every kid in South Fayette starts learning in first grade. We started being invited into classrooms,” said Owens. “We

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

“Before we start handing out devices, we want to make sure that all of students are on an even playing field; our board was very intent on this,” said Leeann Dooley, K-12 assistant principal and technology coordinator at the district. Giving students devices isn’t a good move if they can’t use them when they’re not at school.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Follow these guidelines to create a technology infrastructure that support teachers and students. Most educational organizations want the classroom to change; to improve teaching and learning by leveraging technology. The terms blended and flipped learning are touted extensively as useful educational goals.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Historically, education has been the primary vehicle that drives upward mobility. Related: How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools? Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Fourth, it’s connected with broadband and devices.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

million into schoolwide technology upgrades. One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. We literally dumpster-dive for technology.”. Related: Blue-collar town leads Rhode Island’s tech-assisted learning revolution.

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