EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2021

In addition to the classic uses of IT, other areas of educational technology are becoming increasingly important at a rapid pace. Course materials and books are online, classes meet through web portals, and non-IT systems like building control and laboratory technology are beginning to shift to the IT department.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Yet the contract terms for these subscription arrangements—which some publishers call “inclusive access” programs—raise questions about whether publishers and colleges pressure students into participating. These goals could “push the rapid adoption of access codes across the institution,” the report states.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And like so many technologies before it, companies are now in a rush to find ways to monetize and adopt AI, applying the technology to customer service, law enforcement, transportation–and education. In fact, this is what the Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology recommended back in May.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

These one-time gifts from billionaires and multinational corporations are welcomed by most schools, but they are not enough to close gaps in access to learning technologies nor ultimately a sustainable financing solution for technology infrastructure. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And that can make it hard for students to get used to solving their own problems and learning from the small failures that are meant to happen in school, says Devorah Heitner, an author who advises schools on social media issues. And GPS systems in smartphones and watches let families pinpoint their locations at all times.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The report is the work of the COVID Collaborative, a coalition of education, health and economic experts, written by the former directors of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology. Secretaries of Education, from both Democratic and Republican administrations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For students struggling to simply show up for school, this can translate to poor access to the basics. Housing is not always available, let alone stable access to food, a ride to and from school and the other conditions that have to be met for a student to really sink into learning, like internet access and a dedicated space for homework.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2021

Even Keller later admitted it was a failure, calling it a “flash in the pan.” This week’s episode raises a bigger question: Why does education seem prone to faddism? The problem is finding the will to pay for that, and to make high-quality education accessible. But almost as quickly as it emerged, the practice faded.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

To support their professional growth, teachers will also have continued access to the AI Coach platform , which enables them to watch and reflect on videos of their classroom instruction, set professional goals, and receive personalized observation tips, coaching, and resources from a virtual, computerized AI coach.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But failure is the whole point of the exercise. He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film about him. One of the failure points of international marketing is human beings’ inability to understand, appreciate, and exploit cultural differences.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2021

That said, the notion that higher education will be immune to these consumer driven forces of the digital age would be akin to the music industry believing that listeners would reject easily-accessible MP3 files because they lacked the high-fidelity quality of vinyl records.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2021

This summer, six schools in Ashe, Gates and Polk counties are using Alef Education’s mathematics technology tool that helps teachers as they try to help students with their individual learning losses. Alef Math allows students to review the content just taught and then practice without fear of failure.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

At the turn of this century, adventurous faculty ventured out into cyberspace on their own, propelled by their own talent, accompanied merely by a laptop and internet access. Not until the health crisis forced campuses to close physical classrooms did so many colleges see the cost of their failure to act sooner.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Unsurprisingly, concerns over the expected “COVID slide” began to take shape almost as quickly as the emergency response plans, with the learning loss projected to be especially dire for those students already at risk of failure. Of course, this relies heavily on both community engagement and appropriate technology. “If

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k12 Digest

APRIL 15, 2025

The rapidity with which change is occurring through the implementation of AI in the work force makes it incredibly challenging for school districts to remain current with changes in this technology and its application. Looking Ahead The future of AI in K-12 education is full of possibilities.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

In 2017, reality took a massive swipe at the wobbly optimism of technology progressives. Echoing wider soul searching over technology’s polarizing role in politics and society, the education technology scene has been doing its own reckoning. Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

An asset-based approach emphasizes acceleration and enrichment, with a focus on designing rich, high-quality instructional experiences that provide accessible entry points for all students. As a bonus, these accelerated learning approaches give a lower priority to repetition or “skill-and-drill” uses of instructional technology.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

More than 40 faculty members from eight higher education institutions and four K-12 schools are using the LMS. Future plans include making the LMS more accessible to more faculty members early next year, with an official launch to make it commercially available to the public during the Fall 2017 semester. That is a key part of this.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

They don't see it as a failure. I think that's why STEM is so awesome to have in the classroom because it encourages failure and how to deal with it and how to grow from it. Now, more than ever, all kids need equitable access to opportunity, relevant mentorship and engagement to build a foundation for a bright future.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Though there are many ways to implement a blended learning program, there are a few commonalities in what works, what doesn’t and what is destined for failure. This also means being mindful of students with special needs, and students without access to digital resources at home.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

based firm has established itself as a familiar name within the education technology industry. The firm traces its roots to 2012, when Jennifer Carolan and Wayee Chu (now both general partners at Reach), started a $12 million “Seed Fund” at NewSchools Venture Fund, an Oakland-based education nonprofit philanthropy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Policymakers in Tennessee and Texas, for example, have explicitly encouraged the use of technology in developmental education reform. Student support technology supports students’ academic performance. One common form of student support technology provides round-the-clock remote access to academic tutors.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2018

What is your tolerance for failure in education? Jess Mitchell, senior manager of research and design at the Inclusive Design Research Centre , posed the question on Wednesday to a group of around 850 educators, librarians and other open-access enthusiasts at Lumen Learning’s OpenEd conference in Niagara Falls, NY.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

In terms of what we're teaching in our education system, a lot of what I know about programming is self-taught, but I think that we could do a better job of making programming accessible. How do you bounce back from a failure and don't get less confident or you don't feel that you can't move on from that?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2022

PowerSchool also acquired Hoonuit the year before —which was supposed to help them thread together formative assessment results and students’ educational outcomes. Data Breach The deal's low-key announcement may be connected to Illuminate’s recent high-profile failures when it comes to protecting student data.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

In fact, 96 percent of leading research institutions are already using Amazon Web Services (AWS), as are 19 of the top 20 best-funded education technology startups. Here are the top five ways that the cloud is changing education today; many of them may surprise you. Watch the video to see how it works.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

That’s why low-income, Black, Hispanic, Native American and rural students — and growing populations such as English learners — have less, or just slower, access to algebra. Not all students are ready for algebra in middle school, and so this can lead to “massive failure rates,” he says.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If we have learned anything, it is only that COVID-19 discovered our nation’s failures like Columbus “discovered” America. Many have tried to find meaning from the loss we’ve experienced over the past year. But the lessons to be learned here are not new or unique to the pandemic.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

In order to equip your new hires with the industry knowledge that comes with working in education, consider creating a special onboarding for those folks once they join your team. The Freshman Seminar curriculum is publicly accessible, and aims to help any edtech company looking to help employees better understand the people they serve. (By

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

More than 4 in 10 adults say that the pandemic has made them more likely to pursue additional education—yet they are far more skeptical about whether doing so will be worth the cost or lead to a good job. The financial risk of entering higher education was already high, precisely because of the cost of failure.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

At the same time, employers struggle to fill open positions for jobs that require more education than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree This paradox is the result of a market failure: Our education and training systems are increasingly both out of touch with employers’ needs and out of reach for young adults.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The data provided earlier regarding the implications of COVID-19 on academic access suggests that more students will undoubtedly experience more learning gaps due to the disruption of the pandemic. Failure to do so will only compound the disparities present, particularly with our low-income communities.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Many educators are wondering about whether grading policies should be relaxed because of how stressed everyone is, and with so many students facing tough life circumstances of tech access. Ken Bain, the author of “What the Best College Teachers Do,” talks about this a lot—this idea that failure is a part of learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Failure to understand this can lead to the loss of your opportunity to serve in the capacity of president. As a village of educators, it is important that we share stories, triumphs, failures and lessons learned with one another to support our collective journeys. Together, everyone works to advance the college—not you.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The alerts reduced course failures by 27 percent, increased class attendance by 12 percent and increased student retention. It’s clear that, by simply closing the information gap between schools and families and students, we can improve a wide range of education outcomes. It’s too easy to let an announcement slip through the cracks.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution As children age and learning shifts from learning to read to reading to learn, support can mean the difference between learning from reading or suffering sustained academic failure. They also show improved assessment and high-stakes test scores.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Two new, large-scale studies—one from New York, the other from California—show that reduced reliance on placement exams increases student access to college-level courses. The theory was that allowing more students to go directly into college-level courses may lower overall pass rates but also boost overall access.

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