Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. I reprint this post every October, to remind all of us about the treachery of bullying. She’s not the only one.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2023

In other words, Bennett argued, when colleges are aware that students have easy access to cheap loans to pay their bills, they’re more likely to hike prices. But in 2006, the Republican-controlled Congress effectively eliminated all limits on loans for graduate school with the creation of the Graduate PLUS loan program.

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Neo LMS

MAY 8, 2018

Wing ’s ACM article “ Computational Thinking ” published in 2006. Despite its short length, and accessible style, the article’s list-like structure and adjective-dense paragraphs left me more befuddled than before. What is Computational Thinking? The most cited of these definitions being Jeannette M.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Scores of low-income youth, who have relied on these organizations for technology access and vital emotionally and academically supportive relationships, have been cut off. Many individuals, nonprofits and corporations have offered creative solutions over the past few months to fill these growing gaps in access to enrichment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The first big project was the Flat Classroom Project, which went on to win ISTE’s award in 2006 for the best online learning project, that I co-created with Julie Lindsey, who at the time had been in Bangladesh. And now we do global projects every single year in my classroom, and have since 2006. That project was astounding.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2025

By developing products that are easy to use and access, the company aims to improve the quality and reach of visual messaging for a more dynamic user and audience experience. By 2006, all non-AxisTV products were retired, and the company rebranded as Visix to reflect its new direction.

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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. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). ” How would the program operate?

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2016

Today, parents and students have the ability to access endless amounts of college and career planning information. In 2006 National-Louis University asked me to build, launch and manage the first graduate advising program in the history of the institution. From 2006-2011, I supported and advised over 2,500 teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

But legislators last session did pass a measure that offered some need-based aid to low-income students, showing a bipartisan recognition of the problems of college access and debt that plague the state. The six-year graduation rate in Georgia dropped to 39 percent for students at public institutions, down 10 percent since 2006.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Incorporating technology within classrooms In today’s digital world, where technology is readily accessible, it is crucial for classroom learning to align with current technological trends and innovations. By fostering these connections, students are encouraged to think critically and appreciate the interrelated nature of knowledge.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

For example, since I started teaching moviemaking with my students in 2006, I have used a Storyboard Dictionary of shots that I originally adapted from the American Film Institute. To access these features, just toggle from Auto to Pro. Often, I start teaching film by having students create a living shot dictionary.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Content : How the student will access the information. International Education Journal, 2006, 7(7), pp. According to educational researcher and differentiated instruction expert Carol Ann Tomlinson, there are four key ways to differentiate classroom instruction:[8]. Retrieved from sciencedirect.com: [link]. Tomlinson, C.A. Weselby, C.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Course Hero was founded in 2006. We are constantly exploring innovative ways to make mathematics accessible for students, reducing anxiety and equipping them with the understanding they need to persist at the next level,” said Michal Avny, co-founder and CEO of Symbolab. “By

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2016

As Get Schooled’s national spokesperson, DJ Khaled has helped to shape Get Schooled’s groundbreaking initiative that uses Snapchat to provide students a more accessible way to experience college campuses. In 2006, he launched innovative label deals and started We The Best Music Group.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We learned what we could from the books we had access to and memorized facts to regurgitate on tests. Telling a student to go to the library to access a physical copy of something is the outlier instead of the norm. But the idea of the flipped classroom is credited to Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams in 2006.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

That way, every student has access to resources that can help them retain knowledge over the summer. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2006, 28(1), pp. If possible, provide a few educational activities or resources for at-risk kids to use during the break.[6] Borman, G.D., and Dowling, N.M. and Davies, B.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. Founded in 2006, Course Hero is already well known among college students, millions of whom use it to get study materials, share class notes and ask tutors questions.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2023

In 2006 the consortium featured 50 member organizations. Dramatically reducing the cost associated with enabling a “data rich” edtech ecosystem and thus helping learners, faculty and administrators achieve access to data and analysis in time to improve learner success. Today, nearly 900 organizations participate from 28 countries.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While this may make some educators cringe, the reality is that test-enhanced learning, or testing as an aid to learning, has evidence of effectiveness dating back nearly 100 years ( Roediger III, McDaniel, & McDermott, 2006 ). Fill-in-the-Blank Questions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Now, having gone to the trouble to design course resources that can be accessed remotely and feeling accustomed to turning on a webcam in the classroom, he has continued to embrace a teaching practice that is known as “HyFlex,” a portmanteau of hybrid and flexible. Will their efforts succeed?

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

Studies show that screening students for mental health functions serves as intervention and prevention of developing mental health issues (Desrochers, 2006). For example, a universal screening can be sent out to students via email, made accessible on school/college websites, and provided as a part of academic advising and counseling services.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

The report, “ Does the digital world open up an increasing divide in access to print books? ” Across OECD countries that participated in both assessments, reading performance fell back to what it had been in 2006. Low-income students made huge strides in access to digital technology well before the pandemic.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Highlights.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Through this latest acquisition, Discovery Education is better positioned to broaden its impact on student success by providing our existing network of partner school systems access to DreamBox Learning’s collection of supplemental math, reading, and professional learning solutions.” Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

In their 2006 study, researchers Martin Eccles and Brian Mittman. The data many digital tools captures can often reveal important insights: for example, whether instructors or students are accessing the program regularly, how they’re using it (e.g. This is where implementation science can help. What is implementation science?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

“So far, many students have collaboratively written, researched, created video, and even built virtual worlds, but now it is time to engineer together,” says Vicki Davis, author of the award winning Cool Cat Teacher Blog and an original founder of the Flat Classroom Project, winner of the ISTE 2006 Online Learning Award.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

For over a decade, North Carolina has been the site of one of the most sustained, successful initiatives in education: giving all students in all schools access to broadband internet with WiFi in every classroom by 2018. She enlisted Myra Best, executive director of BETA, to help secure legislative approval.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best. As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. The web was increasing its use of graphics, but had barely adopted video. billion in 2010.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In 2002, a critical transition occurred when 94 percent of public schools secured always-on broadband connections, granting educators and students increased access to rich media content.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The program received recognition from the National Institute for Early Education Research in 2006 when it met all 10 of the organization’s standards for preschool programs. It’s something that would be beneficial to all 4-year-olds across the board – being able to access this type of quality learning,” Petty said.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

schools now have controlled access to the building, up from 75 percent in 2000, according to Education Department data. Secret Service analyzed 67 school shooting plots that were successfully averted between 2006-2018. School security has grown significantly nationwide since the 1999 Columbine school shooting. Some 95 percent of U.S.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

2005/2006) “The Virtual Library.” Virtual Libraries: Their Influence on High School Students’ Information Seeking and Use. Chapter in Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool. Youth Information Seeking Behavior. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow. Valenza, J.K. Educational Leadership , 63 (4), 54-59. . Valenza, J.K. In Laverna Saunders. (Ed.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam: I think that one of the things that particularly — in states like Virginia where the resources that localities have access to can be wildly different. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Obstacles to Implementing the Vision in Virginia. kymberlimulford@gmail.com.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Some sensors that produce electronic signals from internet-connected devices, for example, have seen dramatic price drops, falling from $2 in 2006 to 40 cents the year the study published. She also makes sure she’s at capital planning meetings to ask the hard questions of who will have access to new devices that connect to the network. “I

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Since at least 2006 , technology leaders and mathematicians have argued that data is the new oil. The coursework should be challenging but accessible — “low floor, high ceiling.” Generative AI algorithms, like those used to create ChatGPT, train on large language datasets.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

education grant offering free credits for its cloud platform, with no credit card required, unlimited access to its suite of tools and training resources. now, but Google says it plans to extend access to other places in the future. Having launched earliest in 2006, Amazon has “matured for a while,” Gupta says.

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