Career & Technical Ed
EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
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Math Software Unleashes the Power of Touch Devices to Improve Student Learning
This week, the education non-profit MIND Research Institute announced that its ST Math® instructional software is now available to students and teachers using tablets in the classroom. MIND Research has re-engineered its research-based software games to capitalize on the powerful learning capabilities of touch technology.
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11 of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Students
Today, computer developers constantly add new features, plugins, and tools to help us access useful, relevant, and personalized data. In fact, developers at Google released an extension-friendly web browser called Google Chrome in 2008. Chrome offers extensions, or browser plug-ins, with unparalleled tools for learning that help improve one’s productivity and access to information. Here are 11 of the very best Chrome extensions for students.
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Cast Your Vote For Our SXSWedu Panels
Getting Smart hopes to participate in SXSWedu this year with one of its five panel ideas that cover education innovation, investment in edtech, digital learning initiatives, open educational resources (OER), games in learning, math learning, Big Data, and more. SXSW invites its community to cast votes on which panels they'd like to see in March 2013.
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SETDA Releases ‘Out of Print’ Highlighting Textbooks in the Digital Age
oday the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released Out of Print: Reimagining the K-‐12 Textbook in a Digital Age. This report highlights the sea change underway in the multi-‐billion dollar U.S. K-‐12 instructional materials market enabled by recent technology and intellectual property rights innovations.
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Wiley & Knewton Partner to Offer Knewton Math Readiness Course
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced a partnership with the learning technology company Knewton to offer the Knewton Math Readiness course throughout Australia and New Zealand.
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Charters, Common Core & EdTech Headline Education Nation
Mayor Bloomberg kicked off the morning with a growling defense of Chicago mayor Rahm Emauel. He said, "We should evaluate and pay teachers as skilled professionals." He announced expanded access to full day K next year and the first Eeducare school an early childhool leadership institute thanks to Susan Buffet.
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Arizona Schools Nearly Double Math Proficiency Growth With ST Math
Arizona schools nearly doubled math proficiency growth in 2011-12 using ST Math® -- a visually based, digital math program featuring the animated penguin named JiJi -- as a result of a recent partnership between education nonprofit MIND Research Institute and CiscoFoundation.
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Q&A: EverFi Launches Open-Source Badging Platform
Executive Vice President of Product Development at EverFi, Inc., Kara Hedges, joins us today to discuss the significance of EverFi's recent launch of its first open-source badging platform.
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TEDxManhattan Beach Hosts “Journey to Purpose: Dream. Educate. Thrive” October 13th
TEDxManhattanBeach hosts "Journey to Purpose: Dream. Educate. Thrive." October 13, 2012 at the auditorium of the Manhattan Beach Middle School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. The event seeks to answer the following questions through presentations from experts across several fields of study: How do we increase the odds of finding purpose in life? Is it ever too late to find purpose? What role can the education system play in helping students find purpose?
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14 High Schools Worth Visiting
An international school administrator recently wrote on U.S. high schools and education reform. Here, Tom Vander Ark, shares a list of a baker's dozen high schools worth visiting.