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Education Tech

How an edtech innovation is giving performance assessments new life

April 24, 2017

Via: eSchool News

Across the country, educators and policy makers are searching for ways to develop and implement innovative assessment programs to address accountability requirements and to reform instruction. As both local and state educators consider new assessment models, they find themselves coming […]


Education Tech

15 Great Apps for Teaching World History

April 12, 2017

Via: Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is a collection of some great iPad apps we compiled specifically for history teachers. We have based our selection on World History collection in iTunes App Store and have also added some of our favourite titles from this category. […]


Education Tech, News

75% of faculty believe ed tech boosted outcomes

March 27, 2017

Via: Education Dive

Ultimately, products that ease workflow for all parties involved are a win. The LMS has largely found favor among instructors because of its versatility as a platform capable of delivering syllabi, e-textbooks, and other class documents; serving as a gradebook; […]


Education Tech

How to Monetize Your Education Technology Product

March 27, 2017

Via: Ed Surge

Lately I’ve seen quite a few edtech companies that hope to graduate from offering a free product to actually monetizing it. Perhaps that’s a sign of their business’ growing maturity, or maybe it’s because in today’s tighter investment climate, their […]


Education Tech

Teachers say virtual reality would boost engagement

March 14, 2017

Via: eSchool News

A large majority of K-12 teachers said they would like to integrate virtual reality in their classrooms, but just 2 percent of teachers have actually done so, according to a survey. Sixty percent of surveyed teachers said they would like […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

5 Reasons to Use Game-Based Learning in Your Classroom

February 8, 2017

Via: Class Tech Tips

Earlier this year I shared QuoDeck an interactive learning content creator that promotes game-based learning. QuoDeck is a learning tool that lets teachers create and host content with a few simple steps. Users are able to create interactive learning content all […]


Education Tech

Kids Don’t Always Love Technology

February 2, 2017

Via: Ed Surge

Many adults simply accept the idea that “kids love technology” without interrogating it further. While many kids do love a shiny new device, it’s worth looking deeper than the tech itself to find out more. Understanding their motivations can help […]


Education Strategies, Education Tech

Will AI matter in the current teacher shortage?

December 19, 2016

Via: Kelly Redmond

Teacher supply and demand are multipronged issues that come up at the beginning of every school year. In 2016, thousands of positions were vacant and yet to be filled in what was rightfully called a teacher shortage crisis – and […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

Game-based platform teaches computer science, coding

November 29, 2016

Via: eSchool News

CodeCombat, which offers a platform to help kids learn computer science, announced that it has closed a $2 million seed round of funding from Third Kind Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Allen & Company. The funding was primarily to help […]


Education Tech

What’s Wrong With EdTech?

November 15, 2016

Via: TeachThought

Mobile applications–or apps–have served an important role in the evolution of what’s possible in a classroom. Libraries and textbooks and teachers have been the traditional portals to information in education. This had many benefits, including a very even, aligned, and uniform […]


Education Tech

This immersive VR platform was designed with education in mind

November 9, 2016

Via: eSchool News

A new virtual reality program, designed in part for educators, is giving a whole new meaning to the virtual classroom. Compatible with VR platforms like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the new program, called Engage, lets up to 30 simultaneous […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Higher ed consortium reveals big data best practices

September 8, 2016

Via: Education Dive

While most of the work around this committee’s research discusses the ethics and standards of data storage, the bigger concern for colleges and universities is the security effort. How can campuses preserve student data from being hacked, or from other […]


Education Tech

Using Technology To Help Students Lead Their Own Learning

August 23, 2016

Via: TeachThought

Technology provides ways for students to learn anywhere and at any time, and affords the possibility of providing learning at a pace that is comfortable for each student. Teachers can teach students from inside the traditional classroom, “the brick-and-mortar” as […]


Education Tech, News

Why Edtech Companies Should Partner With Education Consultants

August 17, 2016

Via: Ed Surge

The edtech community is obsessed with building things. But in addition to “things,” education also involves a complex, interconnected system of people and processes. Any attempts to improve education must look at it as a system. No single piece of […]


Education Tech

A New Excellent Google Forms Feature to Auto Grade Quizzes

July 14, 2016

Via: Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google Forms has recently introduced a new powerful feature that allows teachers to auto-grade multiple choice and checkbox questions. Grading students’ quizzes has always been one of the main concern for teachers using Google forms for before this new update […]


News

Learnosity, Learning.com partner for personalized learning, assessment

June 3, 2016

Via: eSchool News

Learnosity, a provider of business-to-business SaaS education technology, and Learning.com, a provider of K-12 digital solutions, announce a new strategic partnership that will leverage Learnosity’s expertise to add robust assessment building functionality to Learning.com’s Curriculum Foundry digital curriculum management solution. Learning.com’s Curriculum […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

The Three Ways Teachers Use Data—and What Technology Needs to Do Better

May 18, 2016

Via: Ed Surge

As part of a groundbreaking personalized learning initiative, CICS West Belden put iPads and Chromebooks into the hands of every student at the Chicago charter school—just not right away. For the first year, West Belden tested the devices in just […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Two-year college contracts Pearson for recruitment, retention

March 22, 2016

Via: Education Dive

The University of Florida signed an 11-year deal with Pearson to run UF Online, which the state legislature allowed just seven months to design and launch. This past fall, two years into the contract, the university ended the partnership. Community […]


Education Tech

Envisioning The Future Of Technology In Education

February 16, 2016

Via: TeachThought

Predicting the growth of technology is impossible–in both rate and direction. The same likely applies to learning. Combine them and you’ve got even greater uncertainty, but that’s what Michell Zappa and the folks over at Envisioningtech did in creating the following massive […]


Education Tech

Here Is A Great Tool for Creating Educational Video Games to Use in Class

February 11, 2016

Via: Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Pixel Press is an excellent application that enables you to draw your own video games. Teachers can create educational video games to use in class without the need for any coding skills. The process is very simple: use pen and […]