EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The nonprofit broadband advocacy group found nearly 45 million students enjoy in-school access to high-speed internet connectivity, up from 39 million in 2017. MORE FROM EDTECH : Find the information you need to prepare for your E-Rate application. According to the agency’s 2018 Broadband Deployment Report , 88 percent of U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 education’s top tech hurdles to innovation. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. We hope you will join us!

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 education’s top tech hurdles to innovation. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. We hope you will join us!

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 education’s top tech hurdles to innovation. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. We hope you will join us!

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 education’s top tech hurdles to innovation. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. We hope you will join us!

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! It’s a creative space where students not only can build things, but also create things, such as a new advocacy program on a social issue. “In Thomas School Dedicates Space to Bolster STEM Learning.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Summary: Patti West-Smith, an expert in pedagogy from Turnitin, explains that with a bit of up-front guidance, rubrics help students become self-directed learners who see exactly how to improve before turning in their paper or assignment. A Tool for Self-Advocacy. She writes about K-12, higher education, and EdTech. . .

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

The aim of the Candice Dodson Influencer Award is to commemorate the values, professional influence and personal contributions to the field of educational technology that Dodson championed every day, and to recognize similar qualities in EdTech leaders who can carry on this important work in the future.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

But how much surveillance is acceptable, and what are the implications for students’ privacy rights? EdSurge’s managing editor, Tony Wan, will pose these questions to Bill Fitzgerald (New Knowledge), Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Courtney Goodsell (Impero Software) and Stephanie Cerda (administrator at Austin Independent School District).

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Many teachers discovered tools they didn’t know about and learned how to incorporate more technology into their teaching practice. Now that most classrooms have moved back to in-person learning, Mike shares his curiosity about how teachers continue to utilize technology to help their students. . © Shake Up Learning 2022.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The strategic plan that she and other members of the district had developed “went out the window” when the pandemic hit, and now there’s an intense focus on identifying what funds are available and how they can be used to meet the needs of the community. Join the Community.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

Will your child appreciate your advocacy when they are overcoming handicaps, obstacles, or just throwing a fit and you hit their face with a slice of cheese? Are we teaching our students how to protect themselves online? Our children and students need to know how to behave online and protect their information. #8

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. Telecom companies often forget about rural areas because they don’t have high population density.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

In a panel discussion moderated by Mark Phillips (CEO at HireEducation), Graham Forman (Founder of Ednovate) and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge (Portfolio Services Director at Kapor Capital) will talk about the challenges of obtaining funding, and how to overcome those obstacles to get your business started. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m. EdSurge 4:00 p.m.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Tool and School-Starters Forbes again tipped its hat to several tool-makers and edtech innovators. Leandra Tejedor (25), cofounder of Vidcode , made the list for providing a coding curriculum that reaches students through social media videos (and has even partnered with Snapchat to teach users how to code their own filters).

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Sucheta Kamath is a speech-language pathologist, TEDx speaker, graduate of Leadership Atlanta, and an entrepreneur whose new software ExQ® just launched in the edtech space. About the Presenters. Sucheta is the founder of ExQ®, a patented research-informed system designed to enhance executive function through game-based personalized training.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

by EZ EdTech! For more inspiration, check out these posts: We Are Teachers: Teachers are Creating Virtual Bitmoji Classrooms Bitmoji Classroom Tutorials (Jenny Murphy) How to Create a Virtual Bitmoji Scene in Google Slides or PowerPoints (Shana Ramin). These two excellent tutorials will help you get started: by Thomas Blakemore.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In a new edWeb series Making the Most Out of Trade Shows , industry veterans discussed key factors in deciding when and where to go and how to make sure events support your company’s overall plan. But going shouldn’t be booth or bust, though. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“If it’s edtech, it must be good,” used to be the mantra in schools. The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership , the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom. Instead of isolated lessons, students learn how to connect their studies with real-world problems.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). The tastemaker in this case is an article from David Bainbridge claiming, “Edtech is the next fintech.” I’m sorry.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). The tastemaker in this case is an article from David Bainbridge claiming, “Edtech is the next fintech.” I’m sorry.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children. Show starting date: June 24th NEXT SHOW: Inaugural Show: Let's talk about the future of education and how to thrive!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Teachers are paying out of pocket for edtech tools while using more of them. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. VR sims allow for avatar role playing scenarios to help staff learn how to deal with cranky customers and passive-aggressive peers. “Virtual” learning may be on the upswing—corporate VR learning, that is.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Edtech is no longer a one-time purchase or a luxury item—it’s integrated across every system in school districts from the central office to classrooms to school buses. Demonstrate how technology is integrated into learning every day and the impact it has on student outcomes. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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RafranzDavis.com

JULY 10, 2016

It would be years before I found “my voice” again in my teaching and advocacy. Yesterday, I raised a pretty valid question about the latest craze in edtech…hyperdocs. How is questioning this universal acceptance of a not new idea as a new one not being supportive of teaching?

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 1, 2020

I have often talked in Edtech Elixirs how digital tools should help us serve an academic objective. In this blog entry -- the first of a two part series -- I discuss how the limitations of a traditional grading system led us to SBG, and ultimately, Empower Learning. Happy holidays and welcome to 2020!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Funded with support from the Internet Society Foundation , the new web-based resource is designed to help school technology decision-makers and other interested parties pierce the technology fog and take a good hard look at what is really going on with children’s private and personal data inside the EdTech mobile applications they are using.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Additional edtech budget items: Most administrators’ budgets have detailed estimates that include direct costs (e.g., Evolving school services: It’s not just the learning that’s become virtual; schools need to figure out how to continue all of their offerings, like speech therapy and counseling. devices) and indirect costs (e.g.,

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In some small ways, edtech may be beginning to catch up, especially through new investments into family-related support systems. Edtech Is ‘Oddly’ Nearsighted Traditionally, the education system has considered these issues separately. So absolutely, all this stuff is related,” she adds. It’s an interesting business model, Hau says.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

Join this interactive session to learn how to get started with game-based learning with your own students. Sunday, May 10th at 7pm TechEducator Podcast: EdTech for Your Mother , Trying to figure out what to get Mom this year? We will help you figure out exactly what she will love this year in the world of edtech.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 6, 2022

According to EdTech Trends and Funding: A CoSN Member Survey 2022 , cybersecurity is the number-one pain point in districts, and network security is the area in need of the most improvement. In addition, even if the staff member (or student) isn’t quite sure what’s going on, they should know where and how to report a potential issue.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students. Most important, be understanding of different families’ predicaments.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

gadoeteachertakeover #librariesofinstagram #blackhistory #mlk #edtech #research #2ndgrade #peace #gaed #gaedu #teachersofig #bookstagram #literacy #mlkday #transliteracy. These students in grades 2-5 are learning how to program Finch robots. 2nd grade is researching figures from black history for a Barrow Peace Prize project.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Related: ‘Don’t rush to spend on edtech’ The federal government is starting to step in. Groups such as the Consortium of School Networking, or CoSN, a K-12 tech education advocacy group, have long been calling on the FCC to update the E-Rate program to include more cybersecurity protections, said CoSN’s CEO Keith Krueger. “We’ve

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2020

In addition, the current reliance on distance learning—and the potential to need it again—has opened many families’ eyes as to why school are spending many on edtech. With all of the back-to-school plans, administrators are also preparing to go into quarantine again, and they need input on how to make sure all students are moving forward.

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