Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. 1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Not yet convinced?

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 10, 2021

When you articulate the “why” or value of a vision board for your students, explain that the mental practice of visualizing has been shown to positively impact motivation, confidence, and physical ability (Ranganathan, Siemionow, Liu, Sahgal & Yue , 2004 ). Creating a Vision Board. Step 1: Time to Reflect.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 20, 2013

These are facts, concepts, processes, procedures, and principles (Clark & Chopeta, 2004). With the technological tools that are at our disposal today this has become easier than ever. How are you or your school using artifacts created with the use of technology as a means for students to demonstrate conceptual mastery and learning?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 13, 2011

When I came to New Milford High School in 2004 there were many amazing programs in place. Technology now allows the students and staff at NMHS to share in the authentic learning experiences taking place in Europe (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic). Technology has really added a whole new dimension to learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Jerry, Joe, and Mary have been with me in some sort of capacity since the beginning in 2004. For it is they who made the choice to go down the road less traveled five years ago when we began transforming our learning culture. Then there is my administrative team at the high school.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The GRASPS model (Wiggins & McTighe, 2004) can greatly assist educators in the construction of quality performance tasks. As we began progressing through our digital transformation at New Milford High School, technology became a vital component of performance tasks. To see some examples, take a look at this post. Wiggins, G., &

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2017

Since 2004 he has been an independent ed tech consultant, writer, trainer, and speaker. Terry Freedman. Terry has over 40 years’ experience in education. Roles include teaching (especially hard classes), management in schools, and government agencies. He aims in his books and articles to answer two main types of question: So what?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. Hillary Scharton writes that children aren’t born knowing technology, and that the belief that digital natives excel at multitasking can be detrimental to their learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

based provider of digital K-12 instructional and assessment tools has agreed to acquire Australian education technology company 3P Learning in an all-cash deal worth approximately AU $189 million, or approximately US $135 million. IXL Learning , a San Mateo, Calif.-based The transaction is subject to a shareholder vote.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the digital learning gap. Every student has a unique and “jagged” learning profile. Science, 331, 1447–1451. Sheldon, K.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It focuses on sharing the stories, careers, and superpowers of women working in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) with an emphasis on the multicultural representation of women in STEM. Since 2004, KidWind has held more than eight hundred training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So remind us what Google did back around 2004. They also brought some technology, they engineered some new ways to do book scanning faster and more effectively. So the way that folks discovered books was really different. You browsed a card catalog or you went to a bookstore, or you browsed the stacks.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

Due to the influence of my father and a passion to help as many students as possible succeed, I ventured into the world of educational administration in 2004. What I lacked was education on how all aspects of technology could be used to enhance learning. However, in a school of close to 2000 learners I felt that I could do more.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

Few school systems currently have powerful technology integration as a core competency for classroom teaching staff. Until this changes, meaningful and authentic uses of multimedia technologies in P-12 classrooms will continue to be isolated aberrations rather than routine observances. Hope the book is useful to some of you.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 21, 2017

The 2018 QS World University Rankings are the largest guide to global higher education performance that QS, a London-based higher education think-tank, has produced since its inaugural edition of 2004. The second is Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) which, for the first time, outranks the National University of Singapore.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

The Farmington, Utah-based provider of online courses for technology professionals has been on the radars of industry analysts ever since its $135 million Series B fundraise in 2014. The long-awaited filing finally happened. This morning, Pluralsight announced it had confidentially submitted paperwork for an initial public offering.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Pluralsight , the publicly-traded provider of online training courses on technology skills, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal worth approximately $3.5 Today, Pluralsight offers a library of over 7,500 online courses across technology, design and business skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2017

However, all of these great practices were so numerous and time-consuming that successfully implementing visible learning was often overwhelming for teachers—but can today’s technology mitigate those time concerns? Using Today’s Technology to Make Visible Learning Easy. Why Teachers Should Turn to Visible Learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The tool provides clear guidelines in each of their many storyline templates, and the Explainer Engine technology automatically suggests images for the most important text, which are called keywords. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

was often the best choice given the resources and technologies of that time in history. This essentialist, instructivist, pedagogical teaching model is still the most predominant model in current Kindergarten through College public education, even in these modern times of unbiquitous information and technology. Education 1.0:

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User Generated Education

MAY 23, 2016

Consequently, compared to less engaged peers, engaged students demonstrate more effort, experience more positive emotions and pay more attention in the classroom (Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004). Encouraging Positive Student Engagement and Motivation: Tips for Teachers ). Deep and meaningful learning occurs within a context.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its been a joy to grow with our clients, partners and employees over the last 45 years, navigating so many technological and communication advances together. Under the leadership of Sean Matthews since 2004, the company shifted its focus to software development.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2016

With efforts like Rhode Island School of Design’s championing of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, the arts remain at the forefront of dialogue about best practices in elementary education). Professor and Program Director of Teaching, School of Education, American Public University. Why Arts-based Teaching?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

More than 50 people across the marketing, enrollment and technology teams from HotChalk will join its new owner, including CEO Rob Wrubel, who will serve as Noodle’s chief marketing officer. Founded in 2004, HotChalk has raised $235 million in investment capital, most of it from German publisher Bertelsmann.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 12, 2017

Similarly, Mark Zuckerberg completely changed the way people interact with friends and family by launching Facebook in 2004. Fast-forward a century, and cars are woven into the fabric of society. The site grew from a small network of members to a massive 1.86 billion monthly active users ( [link] ) by the end of 2016.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school. Being able to provide this experience to learners because of today’s technology is incredibly rewarding as a teacher. Once I had all the technological kinks worked out, it’s been smooth sailing!

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 2, 2023

The first (which was really the second chronologically) was re-reading the words of a professor quoted in What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain (2004). Our interest in revisiting this topic was prompted by two events. Teaching is ‘above all,’ about commanding attention and holding it.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 10, 2017

In1999 he was named the Michigan Science Teacher’s Association High School Science Teacher of the Year, and has been honored as Teacher of the Year by The University of Michigan Chapter of Sigma Xi (2012), Detroit Mercy (1997 & 1998) and Lawrence Technological University (2012).

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

With the help of technology you can connect with families from the comfort of their homes. 2004, November). Connect families with sign-up information and meeting times during the first months of school and keep families updated about any opportunities to get involved. Journal of School Psychology. Redding, S., Langdon, J., Glover, T.A.,

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? After that shock, discussion began by exploring the full range of mobile technology available in 2019. This is part 4. They have to learn how to learn autonomously.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2012

Join me Tuesday, May 29th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Dr. Bryan Alexander, senior fellow at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education ( NITLE ). He was a 2004 fellow of the Frye Leadership Institute. Alexander earned his Ph.D.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. He said Turnitin has been cashflow positive since 2004. It is only one of the companies in our broad and diverse portfolio of media, communications and technology assets.”

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Digital Promise

MAY 18, 2017

An early stage education technology company, Cignition, is attempting to break that trend through a summer program that keeps students engaged in mathematics through their online virtual world Fog Stone Isle. Reviews before and after vacation. American Education, 185-188. [2] 2] [link] (by Leah Shafer, June 24, 2016). [3] 3] Duffet, A.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

A friend recently read a 2004 Harvard Business School case study of Wireless Generation’s work in Montgomery County, Maryland, and responded: “Thanks! But for all the advances in technology, for all the policy initiatives that have washed through, schools still seem to work in more or less the same ways as they did in 2007—or 1997, or 1987.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Since 2004 it has created more than 1,100 clips that have amassed an estimated 50 million views. We’re taking the youth and media culture of Flocabulary, and pairing it with the device technology of Nearpod,” says Rappaport.

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