Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

In today’s workforce, one employee backed up by teams of experts providing training, tools, just-in-time access to materials and data can perform work that once required dozens of line workers. In contrast, the American education system, despite efforts to centralize elements like academic standards, remains enormously fragmented.

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Policies Trends Common Core Training 130

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. Eight years ago, some of its customers requested that Empower support the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) , an open data interoperability standard that was then in vogue with K-12 schools and districts.

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Data LMS Company Education 121

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband. Thankfully, increasingly accessible technology is allowing teachers to look beyond textbooks, worksheets, and five paragraph essays. For many schools, this isn’t for lack of technology.

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Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 138

Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2023

Does your school district or higher ed institution use a learning management system (LMS), digital curriculum resources, learning tools, assessment applications, a badging platform, a single-sign-on application launcher or a student information system? In 2006 the consortium featured 50 member organizations.

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EdTech Student Data Privacy Academic Standards LMS 157

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

. – 1EdTech ® Consortium and Common Good Learning Tools announce a partnership to launch CASE ® Network 2. CASE Network 2 is a significant upgrade to the current CASE Network that provides access to K-12 learning standards in a digital format. and access revision histories of those standards. 1edtech.org.

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Academic Standards Tools EdTech Learning 59

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. ESSA encourages districts to bring edtech into the classroom. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2014

My question comes at a time when states like Louisiana are imposing academic standards for preschool education, and as the state education department there is giving $265,000 for technology to 29 parishes participating in a pilot program. Knowledge pills, robo-graders, brain implants and other dystopian edtech. Related stories.

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Guidelines Coursera Academic Standards Blended Learning 83

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

And 2: Many scour the web to find tools to use on their own—often without the knowledge or approval of school leaders. 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.

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EdTech Libraries Software Company 133

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

Throughout the speeches, presentations and product showcases, company employees and Apple touted how their tools can offer “creative” learning experiences that no others can do. Rather, the most important updates may be upgrades to collaboration and management tools that could make those devices much easier to deploy and use.

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iPad Chromebook Education Company 146

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

So recruitment may have a slight edge, which supports the increasing reliance on hiring tools such as Revature. EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards. But both levers are important. What’s impact?

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Industry Student Data Privacy Education Company 135

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION UPDATES ( edu.google.com ) Google for Education announced updates and new tools to help teachers keep innovation alive in their classrooms. The webinars are led by teachers and come pre-recorded and live on the Center.

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Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 49

eSpark

APRIL 18, 2022

Rather than relying on a static curricula built on textbooks and worksheets, many districts are taking a more dynamic approach to teaching students academic standards and essential real world skills for student progress. No single tool or fixed curricula can accomplish these goals for every student.

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Comparison Academic Standards iPad Resources 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. Who is the modern librarian? What are the emerging technologies in a library?

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98