A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

I recently had the honor of traveling to the MIT campus in Boston and participating in a panel discussion on Open Education Resources (OER) at The Sixth Conference of MIT''s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) with three illustrious advocates of these open resources: Nicole Allen, Philipp Schmidt, and panel moderator Steve Carson.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. So says the new Educause Horizon report , which identifies technologies and trends that are changing higher education. These are the kinds of efforts the report describes as helping OER spread in the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2017

Richard’s work is focused on sharing free resources that educators can use to enhance their students’ learning experiences. 2012 saw Richard receive a Merlot Classics award from chancellor’s office of California State University. On a daily basis, Richard’s blog Free Technology for Teachers reaches more than 100,000 educators.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. Neither of these is a good solution and they certainly aren’t where the education ecosystem is headed. As an online teacher, I address the issue in a different way. Ease of Differentiation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

As libraries work to scan their collections, they tread carefully around books published after 1923 and likely to still be under copyright. Doing the work to do it right is hard, and doing it at scale is really hard,” says Michael Wolfe, scholarly communications officer at the Shields Library at the University of California at Davis. “I

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

To ensure access to high-quality educational experiences at the high school level, students enrolled in Grades 9-12 were provided tuition to attend one of two neighboring high schools. In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit. professional learning and new learning experiences.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

BYOD — Bring Your Own Device — has gained some momentum in today’s education system. From temp teachers to entire school districts, more and more educational staff debate about or seriously consider the adoption of BYOD in their instruction. We can no longer overlook the importance of the use of technology in schools.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

teaching favorite Welcome to Open Library (Open Library) tags: ebooks library books favorite Twitter Chat Schedule tags: Twitter favorite Posted from Diigo. teaching favorite Welcome to Open Library (Open Library) tags: ebooks library books favorite Twitter Chat Schedule tags: Twitter favorite Posted from Diigo.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Take a brief look at the history of technology’s uneasy relationship with education. From books to tablets or slates to interactive whiteboards, humans have used learning tools for as long as we have had formal education. . Teachers teach, learners learn, and everyone is uncertain about the latest tech’s role in education.

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The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Here’s my 2012 Edublog nominations. Individual Blog Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day : Consistently, day-after-day provides links to valuable information for all educators. Individual Blog Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day : Consistently, day-after-day provides links to valuable information for all educators.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Today it’s adding Flocabulary, to bring hip hop to the library. The Brooklyn-based company best known for fusing hip hop with educational content in music videos and instructional activities, has been acquired by Nearpod , which helps educators beam digital content to students’ devices. We asked, but he declined.)

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

My nominations for the 2012 EduBlogs Awards are all about being inspired and helped throughout this year. Best ed tech / resource sharing blog - Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. I met Jennie Magiera at #GTANY and she is an educator on fire! Best library / librarian blog - A Media Specialist''s Guide to the Internet.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2022

The more engaged families are in their student’s early education, the quicker fluent literacy will develop. There are many skills that parents and educators can help PreK students develop, such as:[3,6]. Take children to the library regularly to help them develop print recognition. Different Strokes, 2012, pp.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

For this week’s podcast, we reached out to one of the masters of making educational videos, John Green, and asked for his advice and thoughts on the state of education during this unprecedented time. John Green is one of the most famous YouTubers, having built a following by making videos on the platform since 2012.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 7, 2017

The National Association of Women in Technology reported 26% of the computing workforce in 2013 were women (5% Asian women, 3% African American women, and 2% Hispanic women) and there was a 64% decline in the number of first-year undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2012.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

ve created a new Sqworl group to save all those amazing blogs & educational sites I run across that I''m keeping an eye on to make next year''s noms EASIER and hopefully faster! NEXT year for this I''ve got a new idea.I''ve Free Web Tool - PicMonkey - Made of Win!

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2012

What does the future hold for our university libraries? The library has long been seen by many as a very traditional, conservative institution, and is often portrayed as a place where rows upon rows of antiquated book shelves slowly gather dust. Just how are libraries adapting to the digital age and all it brings? social media.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minneapolis, Minnesota Pivot Interactives, a phenomena-based, active learning tool for science teaching, has been honored with three Educators Pick Best of STEM awards, an EdTech program judged solely by science and STEM educators. About Pivot Interactives Pivot Interactives, Inc.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The Discovery Educator Network is an awesome, free, resource for educators, filled with other educators. The DEN is a great place to connect with other educators and share resources, ideas, lesson plans, and much more. It''s not just about Discovery Education resources either. Come and join us! Integrating web 2.0

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2021

based online education provider is faring as it prepares to go public. Also driving that growth is Coursera for Campus, which the company launched in late 2019 to let colleges offer its library of online courses to their students. This afternoon, Coursera filed its S-1 paperwork , offering a first look at how the Mountain View, Calif.-based

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

When two Stanford University professors started Coursera in 2012, the focus was on building free online courses to bring teaching from elite colleges out to the world. Such features are notable, says Sean Gallagher, founder and executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy.

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Likewise, I hear from others their list of educators and students who inspire them, and therefore expand my PLN. Thank you, Edublogs , for providing this opportunity to acknowledge amazing educators around the globe, and for raising the awareness of the awesome impact social media and web 2.0 can have on our learning and our learners.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. In 2012, Chromebooks accounted for only 1% of the devices sold to US classrooms; now, they make up more than half of the edtech market.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

However, if you want to sign up for Edpuzzle, use this link as it will give your school access to the 50,000 curated video library on Edpuzzle. Keith Hughes is an educator, YouTuber and innovator in the field of technology and education. Our sponsors have no impact on the content of the show. But I also can track that data.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

education technology company in 2020. To close out the week, another higher-education company secured a nine-figure fundraise. It offers access to Coursera’s online library to workforce development agencies that want to reskill recently unemployed workers. But its time on the throne proved to be short-lived.

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Waterford

JANUARY 10, 2020

You could, for example, stock your school library with a few books in their first language or connect them with other students who speak their language. Educators thought for decades that learning two languages at once would hinder a child’s literacy development.[14] Bilingual (Immersion) Education: Cognitive and Language Development.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 13, 2021

We’re exited to launch SchoolLibraryNJ , a evolving project designed to address inequitable access to resources for K12 schools and libraries and to present the value of librarians in digitally curating resources for teaching and learning. Not every library has a realistic budget.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2012

Join me Thursday, May 3rd, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Buffy Hamilton and Kristin Fontichiaro, editors of School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come. What is the future of school libraries? psid=2012-05-03.1714.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2021

Let’s go back to October of 2012. In a panel discussion about the future of libraries in McHenry, Illinois, librarian, Future Ready Librarians spokesperson, and Washington State Teacher of the Year Mark Ray said, “There are forces coming that will change education independent of our control. That was 2012.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

There are at least two truisms when it comes to education technology: 1. To continue encouraging teachers to find tools while still keeping tabs on what they’re using, Racine has asked them to turn to another destination: the Clever Library. So far, that includes educators in more than 60,000 U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In that context, that non-disclosure may be revealing for how far Knewton, which has been one of the most well-funded education technology companies, has fallen short of financial expectations. Wiley, once a major publisher of higher-education materials, has seen its education publishing business shrink over the years.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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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.” The company has been turning a profit since 2012, according to Grauer. Like online marketplaces—in education and elsewhere—Course Hero has also wrestled with issues of copyright infringement.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2015

.” This rarely noticed charge helps fund a variety of programs that enable families, libraries, and schools to stay connected. One of those programs is the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, better known as E-rate.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 29, 2013

As the largest digital library of peer-sourced study materials, StudyBlue is inviting students, parents and industry leaders nationwide to join in building a virtual Wall of Thanks to give back to the educators who have made a difference in their lives. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

“We’ve now taken the boring task of learning Braille and turned it into a game,” says Schultz, co-founder of Boston-based educational games maker ObjectiveEd. million across 38 deals in 2012 to $276.5 He says the blending of education and entertainment is unusual in the world of assistive technology, and the kids enjoyed them.

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