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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APRIL 9, 2019

I passed the fraction test back to my pre-algebra class and an awkward silence filled the room. The rest were lost and stuffed the tests into their binders immediately after glancing at their grade. Students in this class are masters of our existing education system, which blocks content into discrete, unconnected units.

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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. AI is shifting the mindset of education.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Then, I test instructional concepts and product ideas by building rough prototypes that I put in front of learners to get their feedback quickly. If you’re looking for a crash course in digital education specifically, recordings from Stanford’s lecture series on Education’s Digital Future are all available for free online.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Upon graduation I joined him to lead educational technology research and Constructionist theory development. Telling these stories about the potential of enjoyable, computer-based constructionist tools and projects became Seymour’s primary way of inspiring educators who want to maximize children’s potential and become agents of change.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The classroom program, which began in fall 2018 and runs through the spring, pairs Nintendo technology with a curriculum designed by the Institute of Play to create a STEM-focused, hands-on learning experience that combines digital and physical elements.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They also believe schools need intensive support as they experiment, take risks, and test out changes to their currently functional models in order to find and sometimes create astounding models. Transcend is supporting the network with planning, design, implementation and iteration for the Greenfield Schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

Newly designed schools have the advantage of considering the challenges established schools may face when it comes to educating students in the era of accountability, high stakes academic testing, and college and career preparation.

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MAY 13, 2019

In early May, students were finishing up a website design unit in their computer science class, which follows the curriculum designed by RePublic Schools , a charter school network based in Nashville, Tenn. The curriculum, which is aligned to the AP Computer Science framework, is free, but teacher training is not.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

DO: Quantify Your Work Especially if you’re an educator eager to break into edtech, show what you know. Did you rapidly improve test scores during your time as an 8th grade math teacher? Reading “Increased test scores by 14% year over year” is far more impressive than “Managed a class of 28 students.” Give them the numbers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

You start seeing this really interesting data and research design come out about how to move away from testing what students are doing online to how they were learning, and that was a huge boon, mostly because people who had been doing online didn’t have the money to do that kind of high level research.

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MAY 2, 2022

Bethany Collins, who taught at middle schools in the Los Angeles area for more than eight years, left teaching in January after maternity leave wiped out her sick days—and her district told her she couldn’t take any more paid time off, even if she or her daughter tested positive for COVID. I was just drowning.” Others want a fresh start.

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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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