Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services | New York Times → Algorithms can decide where kids go to school, how often garbage is picked up, which police precincts get the most officers, where building code inspections should be targeted, and even what metrics are used to rate a teacher. " Maybe, maybe not.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 23, 2017 ED warns schools of another widespread ransomware attack | Future of Ed Tech e-Newsletter → In light of a recent widespread ransomware attack, the U.S. So why do I still want schools to use them? Unified gets a $3.26-million

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 E-learning day a breeze for tech-savvy students | Dubois County Herald → But for as helpful as the eLearning days can be, Hubster said they probably won’t grow too much in number in the near future. ." " Readers respond.with gusto. That's a lot of computers. " Tagged on: March 13, 2017.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook iPad Laptops 170

eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

It can also act as a study companion, generating practice questions, summarizing key points from e-textbooks and webpages, and much more. That’s because such activities have been proven to increase attendance rates and student GPAs. Esports is one such extracurricular activity.

EdTech 119

EdTech Resources STEM AEM 119

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2014

She showed several images of recent movies such as Ellysium, I, Robot and Avatar to emphasise her point. Gestural computing for example, has been with us for a few years in the guise of games consoles such as the 360 Kinnect system manufactured by Microsoft. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.

Learning 59

Learning E-rate Microsoft Digital Divide 59

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

By Kathleen Costanza Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. In 2008, the high school graduation rate at Winterboro High School was 63 percent. So it should be with E-Rate.

Digital Learning 36

Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 36

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

That would have brought everything—email, online testing, cloud-based records systems and student research—to a halt. A $500 round-trip flight to Anchorage or Fairbanks for teacher training, or a robotics tournament, or a college visit, is a hard sell for districts struggling with the impact of a statewide recession.

Broadband 103

Broadband Report Accessibility Video 103

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. In 2008, the high school graduation rate at Winterboro High School was 63 percent. What do we make of this 18th birthday of the E-Rate program?

Digital Learning 28

Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 28

Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Support System. Immune System. Grateful for hormones that control your heart rate, reproduction, and sleep cycles. Imagine the world without gears; how will an egg beater, clocks, helicopters, or robotics work. Prioritiz e. When you can let go and cry your heart out until it’s all out of your system.

Exercises 112

Exercises Social Media Meeting E-rate 112

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

STEM 45

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Conference 45

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 28, 2021

His work centers around influencing systemic change and ensuring students from high-poverty communities have access to a quality education. Authentic, action-oriented SEL practices require a radical shift away from traditional methods that reinforced the systems that have led to inequity in the first place.

Learning 64

Learning Outcomes System Strategy 64

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 6, 2014

There is no grading system and no grade levels, only three categories: New Learner, Intermediate, and Advanced. It is developing at the same rate as maker programming in Philadelphia and at other Learning Labs. Learning the world of 3D printers, robotics, and coding can be intimidating, particularly when one has to do it off the clock.

Libraries 36

Libraries Groups E-rate Tools 36

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 6, 2014

There is no grading system and no grade levels, only three categories: New Learner, Intermediate, and Advanced. It is developing at the same rate as maker programming in Philadelphia and at other Learning Labs. Learning the world of 3D printers, robotics, and coding can be intimidating, particularly when one has to do it off the clock.

Libraries 28

Libraries Groups E-rate Tools 28

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. If a student is still floundering, the system sends a message to a human teacher in the room to come help.

Education 218

Education Learning Software Knewton 218

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it.

E-rate 140

E-rate Elementary Education Report 140

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette : “More than $300,000 spent on high-tech parking management system at UA.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via AZ Central : “ Primavera charter CEO gets $8.8M Sounds legit.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ? ” (State and Local) Education Politics. .”

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Good thing is if this system gets breached, the school will just issue kids new fingerprints. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” More via NPR. .”

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 47

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 47

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

education system ‘not top 10 in anything’ ” Via The Atlantic : “Arne Duncan: ’Everyone Says They Value Education, but Their Actions Don’t Follow’.” Via Edsurge : “Why the FCC ’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl.” Elsevier has acquired Aries Systems.

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “Teachers Are Finding Innovative Ways to Use Robots in Class,” claims Education Week. ” More via Buzzfeed. The Business of Student Loans. Via Reuters : “ SoFi withdraws U.S.

Education 49

Education Coursera MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

.” “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The California Community Colleges announced Tuesday that the Board of Governors Fee Waiver program, which provides nearly half of the system’s 2.1 Via Motherboard : “ New System Knows How Hard You’re Thinking Based on Thermal Imaging.”

Education 49

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 49

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Via the BBC : “ Edinburgh University blames a system error for ‘failed degree’ emails.” ” (This reminds me of this wretched “ thought experiment ” posted in 2015: “How Soylent and Oculus Could Fix The Prison System.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. inmate problem? million total.

Education 49

Education MOOC Report Company 49

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” More legal wrangling in the immigration section above.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.” Also via Education Week : “Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program ’s Success.”

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Real Clear Education : “Connecting Schools to the Future: Rethinking E-Rate.” ” “The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is engaging in a strategic review that will include weighing mergers and closings among its 14 universities,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. ” asks Chester E. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. From the Raspberry Pi blog : “IoT Sleepbuddy, the robotic babysitter.” ” asks the Pioneer Press.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. “Students who can’t afford uniforms in New Orleans all-charter-system are routinely barred from attending school. ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics Coursera 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A public service announcement from the FBI : “ Education Technologies : Data Collection and Unsecured Systems Could Pose Risks to Students.” Via The Verge : “ Juul has 60 days to prove it can keep its e-cigs away from kids, FDA warns.” Faculty leaders see attempt to turn system into a ‘widget factory.’”

Education 56

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 56

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. of Wisconsin System President Reprimands La Crosse Chancellor for Bringing Porn Star to Campus.” Via Mashable : “The e-waste nightmare lurking in your kid’s toy box.” Such a small world.

Education 61

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 61

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” More via Politico. ” No.

Education 46

Education Facebook Company Report 46

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

“New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences,” says Inside Higher Ed. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Go, School Sports Team!

Education 47

Education MOOC Company Report 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

” The reason given: the registry used “‘rapidly aging technologies’ that do not mesh with other systems” – which is odd for what I thought was largely a metadata project. Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 54

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” No more tenure in the University of Wisconsin system. In four years time, the test will be required in order to graduate high school in the state. college testing scam , to be deported.”

Education 40

Education Report Company E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. And everyone clicks and rages and snipes all over again.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Inside Higher Ed looks at how the North Dakota University System is “Blocking Child Porn on Campus.” “Colleges Are Responding.”

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45