eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. What are the projections for edtech? This begs the question: What’s next for education?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. ROI in education looks different in comparison, which can make it more difficult to identify actual value. MORE FROM EDTECH : Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. The Cost of VR Tools Can Be Daunting.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. ROI in education looks different in comparison, which can make it more difficult to identify actual value. MORE FROM EDTECH : Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. The Cost of VR Tools Can Be Daunting.

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Classroom EdTech Comparison Exercises 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. ROI in education looks different in comparison, which can make it more difficult to identify actual value. MORE FROM EDTECH : Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. The Cost of VR Tools Can Be Daunting.

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Classroom EdTech Comparison Exercises 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. ROI in education looks different in comparison, which can make it more difficult to identify actual value. MORE FROM EDTECH : Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. The Cost of VR Tools Can Be Daunting.

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Classroom EdTech Comparison Exercises 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. ROI in education looks different in comparison, which can make it more difficult to identify actual value. MORE FROM EDTECH : Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. The Cost of VR Tools Can Be Daunting.

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Classroom EdTech Comparison Exercises 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. ROI in education looks different in comparison, which can make it more difficult to identify actual value. MORE FROM EDTECH : Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. The Cost of VR Tools Can Be Daunting.

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Classroom EdTech Comparison Exercises 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. ROI in education looks different in comparison, which can make it more difficult to identify actual value. MORE FROM EDTECH : Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. The Cost of VR Tools Can Be Daunting.

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Classroom EdTech Comparison Exercises 150

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Companies that have been in the game for a while have been courtside in watching EdTech explode over the past 35 years. Even as schools and districts rushed to buy the new, hottest thing, to me the question has always been whether a given piece of tech actually held enough substance to improve student learning. There’s no comparison.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. Modest by comparison, Western Governors University, the largest in the U.S., I’ve always thought of the U.S. But lately I’ve realized my perception may be flawed by a false sense of American exceptionalism. While here in the U.S.,

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Lightspeed Systems

MARCH 13, 2025

Grade-Level Comparison: Are younger students spending more time on screens than recommended? Off-Hours Activity: Monitoring late-night usage patterns to ensure students are balancing digital learning with healthy offline habits. What to Look For : Overall Usage Trends: Hour-by-hour or day-by-day breakdowns of device usage.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Kasey Bell, a digital learning consultant and former Texas teacher, choose to go for the former: “AI [is] defined as machines with the ability or intelligence to complete tasks on their own and make intelligent decisions.” Not so fast argues Chris Gosselin, a Digital Learning Coach at Sanborn Elementary School.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The latest statistics come from Connected Nation’s (CN) Connect K-12 Program’s 2023 Report on School Connectivity , released in collaboration with Funds For Learning (FFL). In comparison, those districts not meeting the goal are paying well above that median price at $1.55 Key points: U.S. per megabit.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

And how is edX doing by comparison? It [can] create this cycle that naturally leads to the winner-takes-all,” says Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. EdX is like a distant No.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Erika Tate, PhD, has worked to advance equity in schools and communities for the past 20 years as a learning designer and professional development specialist with a focus on STEM and digital learning. When learners feel inadequate in comparison to peers, they may participate less and become increasingly isolated.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And therein lies the challenge for both educators and EdTech leaders – how can we best serve an industry that’s constantly evolving every nine months? But on the other, adding in a completely new mix of students you don’t yet know becomes more challenging for both educators and EdTech leaders. Low Barrier to Entry.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

By comparison, for example, learning management systems captured more than 90 percent of universities years ago. One reason is that digital education at U.S. Online education has a troubled past,” recalled Phil Hill, edtech consultant at MindWires. Why doesn’t it occupy a greater share of the market?

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

So what else is next for the Salt Lake City-based edtech company? Previous expansion plans had been put on hold by a disappointing corporate learning product, activist investor interest and an acquisition that became messy at times. But it’s OK by Instructure and its new owner, Thoma Bravo. “To

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

Over the last 10 years or so, the majority of the acquisition activity for smaller edtech startups came from the big textbook companies. But now that we have built an ecosystem of millions of subscribers, it is much easier to filter out which edtech startups actually add value to that ecosystem. So it's a very operable comparison.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This post serves as the 5 th in our series supporting the creation of EdTech Integration Plans. Going Beyond the Major Applications While it is easy to do a comparison in how to provide professional development on word processors, this concept goes well beyond the computer. Same application … two completely different PD sessions.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This post serves as the 5 th in our series supporting the creation of EdTech Integration Plans. Build a Professional Learning Roadmap. Create an EdTech Menu. Create and Approve your Final EdTech Integration Plan. Digital Learning Platforms. Define Your Endgame. Formulate an Essential Question. Chromebooks.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 14, 2023

Now that the district has successfully made the digital leap, VBCPS leaders are asking themselves what’s next in terms of leveraging their digital learning tools, devices, and data to further impact and enhance learning. To strengthen their digital learning ecosystem, VBCPS leaders implemented four key data strategies: 1.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

For a quick summary, see our comparison chart at the bottom.). Carl Hooker, a director of innovative and digital learning at Eanes Independent School District in Texas, works with both Google Classroom and Apple Classroom in his district. Here’s a breakdown, by order of their release. Google Google Classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. What are the projections for edtech? This begs the question: What’s next for education?

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 5, 2015

A lot has happened in the world of digital learning since ExcelinEd’s Digital Learning Now initiative and Getting Smart released the first Smart Series paper in August 2012. Today, we’re sharing a blog post from Getting Smart highlighting the updated Smart Series paper “Smart Series Guide to EdTech Procurement.”.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2012

It brings a library of over 18,000 purpose-built, digital learning objects to teachers, learners, and parents. PBS LearningMedia is aimed at teaching and learning. The New Digital Learning Environment II. New Learning Standards III. Assessments for Learning IV. Accountability for Learning V.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 19, 2018

college students find digital learning technologies helpful. With growing demand, the interactive digital publishing industry is on the rise as well. Online learning offers interactivity, accessibility, and convenience that is making learning more engaging and stimulating. As per Statista, 43% of U.S

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Coronavirus pandemic further propelled reliance on digital learning solutions. To help maintain continuity in education, K12 organizations invested in edtech, such as eBook platforms, eBook readers and online education resources. . The education of over 1.2 billion children from 186 countries was affected.

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techlearning

MAY 15, 2018

Our educators are using Newsela’s categories of readings to find articles that lend themselves to comparisons or even the pro/con option in text set. Marrying both will allow students to apply their knowledge in published works, and have significant impact on student engagement, critical thinking, and collaborative learning.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 16, 2020

With capabilities that ingrain information more rapidly into students’ minds, AR offers learners a more pragmatic path that leaves behind traditional learning tactics and allows more room for individual exploration driven by self-guidance. .

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

Compare & Connect K-12 , a free tool that maps E-Rate data to make those comparisons available for administrators, state leaders and service providers. million students without the minimum bandwidth to access digital learning tools. In November, EducationSuperHighway released. Students Are Still Left Behind.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Digital Schools – Are they the future?

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 1, 2016

It runs trials on granular pieces of digital learning activities via the PowerMyLearning Connect platform, which is available free to schools. Those online platforms will run comparisons of one group against another and a control group, without any of the groups being aware that they are part of a test.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Classroom tips to reduce distraction and promote safe online learning In the classroom, educators can add another level of protection and promote a distraction-free learning environment through classroom management practices and tools. In some ways that is true.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” But we must discuss and help people understand what deep fake is and to be careful about what they believe.

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