Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

We take a bottom-up approach to education technology in a way that is contextual and responsible. We enable organizations to have ownership over how they contextualize education technology specific to their local needs and experience. All of this is part of our theory of change.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

BEGiN is best known for offering a pair of early-education apps: Learn & Grow, which offers digital reading activities for kids ages 2 to 8, and Learn & Play, which provides games, stories and songs that introduce foundational skills to children up to age 3. Both are sold under the brand name Homer, acquired by BEGiN in 2017.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The gaming devices aren’t being treated as contraband anymore, at least not in the 100 K-12 schools that have welcomed Nintendo products into their classrooms this year to help students develop collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

Most educators can probably agree that more personalization in learning is needed for the fall—perhaps more than ever before. Students will be entering classrooms with varied experiences during the pandemic, entering classrooms with uneven skill sets and knowledge levels. But the reality is this has always been the case.

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eSchool News

JULY 23, 2020

These services will support colleges and universities in their efforts to better understand and utilize the technology solutions across campus, access more timely and insightful performance data, enhance accreditation and compliance practices, give students better visibility into their mastery of key skills, and much more. “At

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It is for this very reason that SEL hasn’t traditionally played a prominent role in curriculum design. Of course, it’s one thing to recognize the value and necessity of SEL, and another thing entirely to integrate these non-academic skills seamlessly into the curriculum, rather than treat them as a standalone consideration.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

AI is going to transform every aspect of higher education and the student journey. How students engage with their professors, the methods used to evaluate learning and retention and course curriculum design will all be influenced by the opportunities and challenges posed by AI.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Since last fall they’ve already submitted digital data about their demographics, household income, ethnicity and legal status, food intolerances, medical profiles, grades and socio-emotional skills. Investments in the education technology sector have been steadily rising, with recent global estimations of $9.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It’s a good combination of community and equity and purposeful curriculum design,” Egan says. They can add chapters as new skills become in-demand by employers or choose the format that works best for their classes. “The faculty are identifying the gaps, and the hospital is providing insight on the gaps they’re seeing.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

A quarter of them had mastered the skills and were ready to apply what they had learned about fractions to solving linear equations. About half showed competency with the skills, but were still making numerous errors. Each team’s success relied on a combination of calculus skills and tactile trial and error.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Upon graduation I joined him to lead educational technology research and Constructionist theory development. There are numerous learning stories from Seymour’s projects that validate his “hard fun” manifesto, playful learning, and constructionist approaches to educational change. Learning Stories.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

If you’re looking for a crash course in the entire design thinking process, you can check out the free course offered by IDEO.org or the free resources from IDEO’s Teacher’s Guild. Teachers have spent decades learning how to reliably help students master new skills, debunk misconceptions, and connect their prior knowledge to new concepts.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

A new network of educator-innovators where schools would share responsibility between staff and administration in curriculum design and implementation, ultimately giving a greater voice to teachers. “It

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

Neither are those that mention “innovation” and “21st century skills” in their mission statements. But the Digital Pioneers Academy does those things while serving a student population that is 100 percent black and Latino—two underrepresented demographics in computer science education and the workforce. “Our

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

One promising development in blended curriculum design that promotes student engagement is the new COVA model. While this concept sounds simple, applying it is actually quite complicated, because it involves veering away from the accepted model of drill-test-repeat of student skills.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

EdSurge: Why do you feel an urgency for students from untapped communities to develop a foundational understanding about not just technology, but AI specifically? Students need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to navigate what’s being called “the new electricity.” I call it “Gen Z curriculum design.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

The curriculum, designed to serve the school’s exclusively Native population, emphasizes Navajo language and culture as much as it does the Common Core standards. For Paul, although the school is rooted in history, there’s a decidedly “pro-technology” feel.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

to help position participants for high-growth, well-paying information technology jobs that require skills such as coding, software development and systems management. “We If America is going to educate the middle-skilled employees that we desperately need to fill jobs, you have to understand that will happen at community colleges.”.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

A venture-backed company today announced a new educational offering billed as an alternative to the standard undergraduate experience. It will last only one calendar year, feature a curriculum designed in close coordination with well-known employers, and cost nothing—at least at the outset. I don’t think so,” he says.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

With the realization that many students today are unprepared for college and the changing career landscape, some schools are exploring new instructional models and broadening their definition of student success to include skills beyond traditional academics. The Valor Flagship Academy opened its doors to 150 fifth graders in the fall of 2014.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Much of the discussion focused on how competency-based education (CBE) could support students in acquiring and demonstrating the knowledge, skills and abilities. An assessment that shows knowledge, skill and abilities in context will be a valuable asset,” she tweeted. Our guest pointed to a five-page definition of CBE.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Cue CreatorUp , which aims to equip aspiring creative professionals with the digital media skills they need to find work. CreatorUp is a digital media studio and training company with an educational program to train aspiring creative professionals in business and digital production.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The seeds for Transcend were planted when Wetzler and Samouha were working on a project—with Achievement First’s Greenfield Schools—to design and build a school model focused on developing the skills that would lead to success in college. The team has been involved in planning, building and refining the school model.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

But you should consider a handful of the key requirements that each job description lists and incorporate into your resume how you can deliver these skills. In fact, think of these as two ways of telling a story—an opportunity to give hiring managers a broader portrait of your skills and experience. What’s your dream role?

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2016

For computer science , this means we have done a tremendous amount of in-house curriculum design. Five years ago when we were in the initial planning stage for what would become AFSE there weren’t any curriculum offerings that met our goals. Algebra can deliver key skills in problem solving and abstract thinking.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

The natural place to start is within the broad but influential community of computer science education, which includes teachers, administrators, curriculum designers and anyone involved in shaping how future technologists learn.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

When students feel psychologically safe, the learning brain more fully activates the social-emotional skills that support students’ management of stressful life experiences and their ability to be responsive to a teacher’s rules and requests.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Researchers have even coined a term, the “teacher pay penalty,” to refer to the fact that the average teacher earns about 20 percent less than accountants, journalists, inspectors and computer engineers—professions that require a similar skill set and education. This is not something we would do in any other profession.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2022

Aiming to improve Kenyan students’ base math skills, it had distributed over 3 million textbooks, appraised nearly 30,000 teachers, and its national student information system had registered 96 percent of all students nationwide. By 2019, the World Bank’s PRIEDE project had exceeded several of its goals. Halfway through, it had recorded a 2.5

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

But most entrepreneurs and funders overlook the thing that matters most—equipping teachers with the recipes and ingredients, in the form of quality curriculum, to light that fire for students. Done well, it’s magic.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

They entered the program with a real desire to focus deeply on what it meant to have a more effective personalized learning experience in math—including everything from curriculum design and the use of technology to the roles of teachers and students in the classroom and the adoption of “passion projects.”

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