A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2012

In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. Sal Khan says his system is out of sync with that of traditional education systems that have become indoctrinated over many years. As a tool Khan Academy will benefit educators, students, and parents in a quest for knowledge, practice, and reinforcement.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. ” 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. On November 22, 1996, U.S. House of Representatives or Senate.

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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. The tour is viewable on the Get Schooled site.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

When I need someone, she’s always there,” says one teen about an educator at the TGR Learning Lab in Anaheim, Calif. 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. What we have here is not a capacity problem.

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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. Let’s try and define them within an educational context: Decomposition. What is Computational Thinking?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Emerging technologies have the potential to reshape the educational landscape. The broader post-secondary landscape, including higher education and workforce development, has also quickly embraced online learning and up-skilling opportunities to better engage students and employees remotely.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

This highlights the need for educators to emphasize real-world applications across all subjects. As an educator, I consistently strive to illustrate the practical applications of geography beyond the classroom walls. Journal of Research on Technology in Education , 39 (2), 157181. or Why should I care? I will never use this.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2017

You can also use and create breakout educational experiences. 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. Do you agree or disagree? Share in the comments or tweet me!

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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. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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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. Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2023

In a 1987 opinion piece in The New York Times, William Bennett, former President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Education, explained how he thought federal policy was partly to blame for rising college tuition. The Effect of Graduate School Loans on Access, Attainment and Prices.”

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 2006, Punya Mishra and Matthew J. It offers educators and admin a framework for combining educational knowledge and edtech. Or how do you support educators with pedagogy in mind? Check out support articles on the tool’s website, connect with your tech admin or ask other educators or admins for tips.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

If we really want to understand how effective educational technology tools are for improving learner outcomes, we need to stop throwing the baby out with the bathwater. In their 2006 study, researchers Martin Eccles and Brian Mittman. This is where implementation science can help. What is implementation science?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced it has agreed to acquire DreamBox Learning® , a PK-12 education technology provider serving more than 6 million students and 600,000 educators nationwide.

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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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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Differentiated instruction is an educational strategy in which teachers adapt their instruction to meet the needs of their class. In a survey from the International Journal of Education, 97% of teachers reported never or seldom using a flexible curriculum for their students.[2] Content : How the student will access the information.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

And as college campuses closed and instructors scrambled to facilitate online instruction, digital education providers like Course Hero saw a surge in usage of its services. 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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2020

One of the peculiar things about higher education is that it runs in the opposite direction of the economy. Ironically, funding for education plummeted. Even after Pell and other grants, inflation-adjusted tuition at public four-year colleges and universities rose 19 percent from 2006 to 2012. Related: Federal data shows 3.9

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

based provider of an online education platform has acquired AI-powered math platform, Symbolab. While the company is keeping the financial details of this deal close to its chest, similar moves look likely as Course Hero takes steps to become a more proactive supplier of educational material. Course Hero was founded in 2006.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2024

About a dozen years ago, Linn-Benton’s administration looked at their data and found that many students in career and technical education, or CTE, were getting most of the way toward a degree but were stopped by a math course, said the college’s president, Lisa Avery. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education?

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2023

SAN MATEO, California and NEW YORK, New York — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, announced that it has acquired TPT (otherwise known as Teachers Pay Teachers), which offers the world’s largest catalog of educator-created content and tools for digital instruction.

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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. “For Will their efforts succeed? I do not believe that.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

How is AI currently utilized in higher education? 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.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2023

In 2006 the consortium featured 50 member organizations. School districts and higher education institutions leading the future in making their tech ecosystem work for the needs of faculty and students see the 1EdTech collaboration as a core part of their transformation strategy. You don’t have to be a member to attend.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Tuesday, August 17, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. As part of the Discovery Education family of services, DoodleLearning will continue to apply its educational ability to building and deploying affordable learning solutions for students worldwide.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? I admire her so much so we are doing a multi part series with her. There were several of us.

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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.

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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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In Georgia, the governor has a high degree of influence over spending for higher education. The governor’s race in Georgia was among the most closely watched on Election Day, and although education got drowned out by other campaign issues, whoever wins will have a big impact on the state’s university system – and new research shows how.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In fact, frequent assessments can have a positive impact on a student’s education from kindergarten through college. Testing can help students better retain and recall what they studied, not only for the final exam, but as part of their overall educational development. Quizzing in LMS’ to Improve Student Learning.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

Furthermore, major educational and psychological organizations, such as the National Association of School Psychologists and the American Psychological Association, are recommending the use of universal screening (Albers et al., Among these challenges is student mental health.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” I am careful about that term being the focus,” says Andrew Grauer, who co-founded Course Hero in 2006. According to Grauer, more than 30,000 college educators across the U.S. Another U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1.

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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. In education, the internet of things is big business. But the field has already seen big wins. Now everything has a computer in it,” she says.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

In parallel, though, we also need to double down on “softening” schools—to focus on building social emotional skills of students and educators and strengthen relationships between students and educators. schools now have controlled access to the building, up from 75 percent in 2000, according to Education Department data.

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