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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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SmartTech Roundup: Open Textbooks, Phone Learning, Common Core Content
What Textbooks Are You Opening? OpenStax College, a new non-profit publisher, plans to provide free, online course materials for five common introductory courses using Rice University’s Connexions platform. Utah announced this week that it plans to offer free online textbooks in math, Language arts and science.
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5 Cool Things About Online Education
Early in life, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. My mom and grandma were teachers, and I fully intended to join the ranks in a traditional classroom setting. I hadn’t heard of a virtual charter school before, but I’ve always been intrigued by technology, so I decided to check it out. After doing some research, I came to the realization that not only did I prefer it over substitute-teaching for a year but also that there actually wasn’t anything else I would rather do.
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ST Math Demonstrates Positive Results at Las Vegas Elementary Schools
Clark County School District released Tuesday positive results from a five-year pilot with MIND Research Institute's ST Math, a visual learning math game. This week, MIND joined school officials to recognize Sewell Elementary and Henderson Elementary schools for achievements in math.
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New Survey Shows Demand for Personalized & Adaptive Learning Assessments
The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) and Grunwald Associates LLC released today "For every child, multiple measures," a study that evaluates parent and teacher support for timely, actionable assessments that monitor individual student performance.
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Online Learning Provides Mastery-Based Learning for Students
“When I tuck my children into bed each night and take the laptops off their beds, I see that they were recently looking at Civil War photos on the National Archives website, playing with a pyramid maze on the British Museum website, or translating their names into hieroglyphs,” says Kelly Gutensohn, a parent of ten Florida Virtual School (FLVS) students ranging from five to 28.
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10+ STEM Inspiring Contests & Challenges
The science fair has been around for decades. Yet, today the science fair has evolved to give students and adults multiple expressions of STEM talent. Here, we've compiled more than 10 STEM challenges and contests for you and your students.
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White House Announces Second Science Fair Winners
Tuesday, President Obama will host the second White House Science Fair to celebrate winners of its science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions from across the country and announce key steps the Administration and its partners are taking to excel STEM in the U.S.
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Budget Cuts Leave Some Students Tongue-Tied
On Jan. 20 the Department of Education announced plans to cut $27 million in funding to foreign language programs around the country. The money comes from the now defunct Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP), which doled out three- or five-year grants to charter schools, school districts and states.
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SmartTech Roundup
Learning Platforms The Gates Foundation finally launched a website with a little info on the Shared Learning Collaborative. Five states are expected to pilot something next year, but will it be a full personalized learning platform in the sky or a data warehouse? Instructure, a Salt Lake…
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TASC Reports After-School Programs Equalize Tech Access For Students
Recently, The After-School Corporation released "Where the Kids Are: Digital Learning In Class and Beyond," a white paper that looks at the benefits of expanding technology-enabled learning time in after-school programs, and a video that reinforces the ways that students can gain access to learning opportunities at school and in community organizations.