Doug Levin

AUGUST 17, 2017

I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons. Credit where it is due: the 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform expanded coverage of the topic and, while not perfect, is much improved. Here is what savvy readers should know about this year's findings.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Today’s Sponsor: Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection. The Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection is here! This app is a digital supplemental curriculum solution for K-2nd grade – aligned with standards it includes over 150 curated apps inside their one simple app to install. Read my review.)

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Each mission in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom , shares an example of the Mission in Action by a teacher I admire. The seniors were grouped to represent different candidates in the 2016 election. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2016

By EdTech Staff Important developments in four key technology areas could bring digital learning to more K-12 classrooms in the coming year.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

The collaboration produced the Reclaiming Digital Futures toolkit , a free web-based guide designed to help educators at out-of-school youth organizations integrate technology and digital learning into their programming and practices. DreamYard Maker Jam, 2016. Kolos’s Go-To Digital Learning Resources.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 21, 2018

For the fall of 2016, the district had just built a new elementary school with an 802.11n wireless network from Cisco Meraki. The district had already rolled out G Suite in the spring of 2016, so going with the Chromebooks was a natural fit. Focus on Establishing Infrastructure. Nothing happens without a robust wireless network.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. They may be on to something.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2018

While 91 percent of teachers are excited at the prospect of bringing more digital tools into the classroom, only 16 percent believe their schools are executing proper integration plans, according to a 2016 national survey. . by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Few empirical studies may be more detrimental to advancements of effective technology use in K-12 education than Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) and Carter, Greenberg, and Walker (2016). However, neither mentions any instruction to help students capitalize on digital tools! My Note Taking Articles. Retrieved from [link].

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Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2019

These principles guide our work to close the Digital Learning Gap by ensuring learning experiences are personal and accessible, authentic and challenging, collaborative and connected, and inquisitive and reflective.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It should not be controversial in 2016 that there is a baseline expectation of access to technology in schools, just as there are baseline expectations for access to textbooks and desks. In 2016, this includes a statewide strategy for technology in K-12 education.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 5, 2017

The 2016 TED prize winner, Sarah Parcak , used the award money to fund her citizen science project, Globalxplorer.org. Students achieve reading, writing, and digital research standards and see their learning make a real impact on the world.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Whitewater is one of 152 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools nationwide, and currently one of eight with an Innovative Learning Lab. The lab was the second of its kind when it opened in October 2018, and it has been replicated in six other Verizon Innovative Learning Schools across the country over the last year.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 29, 2017

Between 2014-2016 the University of South Australia has been using the pedagogy associated with both playing and designing LBMLGs to blaze a trail that is informing the development of a contextually-based mobile learning framework for higher education. References. Edmonds, R.K., and Smith, S. Jonker, V., & Drijvers, P.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

And finding tools and resources to support and supplement learning becomes much easier with the power of an Internet search available to you. According to Census Bureau data from 2016, nearly 82 percent of all households in the U.S. Check out how digital learning coaching helps teachers create powerful learning experiences.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Thanks to the generous support of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Digital Promise and RCSD’s McKinley Institute of Technology (MIT) have been working on a one-to-one Literacy Initiative to support powerful use of technology for learning and address the second level digital divide. About the Literacy Initiative. Citations. [1]

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

To help overcome this, we have adopted the Future Ready Schools Framework , a systematic approach to scaling innovative digital learning practices while promoting long-term sustainability. The team’s primary goal was to develop a shared vision for deeper learning through innovative uses of digital technologies.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 21, 2017

In fact, to close the Digital Learning Gap , we must recognize that all students everywhere need opportunities to engage in active, creative uses of technology that support lifelong learning. In Fall 2016, we recognized nine top films produced by students across the country. Perhaps in some cases.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013. The organization’s blog offers useful insights and advice on classroom technologies, digital citizenship, personalized learning and more. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Jaime Donally.

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Edutopia

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Ashley Cronin Technology Integration The fifth annual Digital Learning Day will be on February 17, 2016. Find resources to help you celebrate, tell your story, and support digital learners all year long.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 31, 2016

30 August 2016. … While some educators and digital-learning proponents bristle at the notion that technology initiatives should be expected to move the needle on standardized test results, Levin of EdTech Strategies thinks it’s a fair expectation. As quoted in: Herold, Benjamin. Education Week.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Few empirical studies may be more detrimental to advancements of effective technology use in K-12 education than Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) and Carter, Greenberg, and Walker (2016). However, neither mentions any instruction to help students capitalize on digital tools! Presentation Slides. My Note Taking Articles.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This Digital Learning Day, I reflect on my experiences as a new teacher, discovering the potential of digital learning in the classroom. This was in 2014 when digital learning was still a growing trend and the daily challenges ranged from frozen screens and lost passwords to content filtering, and more.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

The site eMarketer found that 41% of students ages 0-11 and 84% ages 12-17 owned a smartphone in 2016. High-quality digital learning content. Digital learning content and tools that can be used to design and deliver engaging and relevant learning experiences. These numbers are predicted to increase to 49.7%

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

The Survey found that 86 percent of schools and districts expect to be spending more on digital curriculum in the new year. 56 percent of respondents say teachers already use 50-75 percent paid resources over free open-education resources for their digital learning objects.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Innovate to Educate Awards to recognize the best ed-tech innovation and commitment to making the digital classroom and personalized learning a reality. the opportunity to showcase their groundbreaking approach to improving teaching and learning through the use of technology.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, we’d like to call out nine of our contributors in particular, who’ve written the most popular articles of 2016. WRAP YOUR BRAIN AROUND THIS: Erin Klein, a 2nd grade teacher and our 2016 Fifty States writer in Michigan, got frustrated with traditional classroom design. And we’re giving you a spread! STICKING TO THOSE RESOLUTIONS?

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2016

Recently, the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) and the White House included myON in its Champions of Change Summer Opportunity Project 2016 Action Toolkit, recognizing myON as a key solution for maximizing learning and motivating kids to read during the summer. Last year, 4.5 myON’s “Get in the Game and Read!”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2017

Check below for the latest marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

million students earn credentials through more-flexible and affordable digital learning options. Department of Education shows that 30 percent of undergraduate students enrolled in at least one online education course in 2016, up from 27.1 percent (totalling more than 1 million students) from 2012 to 2016.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2017

“Students have always self-directed some of their own learning, but with the explosion of mobile devices, 24/7 connectivity and digital resources, students are leaving adults behind as they explore subjects that interest them in the ways they learn best,” said Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

Department of Education 2016 results, would have fallen by more than 1.5 million between 2012 and 2016, says Jeff Seaman, co-director of the Babson Survey Research Group, who has been tracking the country’s virtual education lifeline for 15 years. percent from 2015 to 2016 to reach 6.4 They rose 5.6 percent of all U.S.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

Between September 2016 and May 2017 the program donated 1,600 computers and 870 4G mobile hotspots to low-income families in Denver, Colorado. The homework divide is one of the most critical issues to address if we are to ever see broad-based positive effects of blended and digital learning. Sprint’s 1 Million Project.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Promethean, a global provider of educational technology solutions, introduced its new ActivPanel interactive display at ISTE 2016 in Denver. Versatile classroom mounting options include fixed, height-adjustable, or a mobile stand to meet the needs of every learning environment.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Principals at blended learning schools agree digital content increases student engagement. Among the teachers in these classrooms, 50% or more stated that because of digital learning, students are: Working together more often. More motivated to learn. Taking greater ownership of their learning. Online Video.

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