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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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8 Social Media Strategies for Your Classroom
Are you ready to bring social networking to your classroom? If you’re looking to make your classroom more relevant, connected, and meaningful to your students, it’s the best place to start. Study after study has confirmed the benefits of networking. Before we delve into strategies, though, let’s look at some reasons why we should connect with students in this manner.
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PLATO Launches New STEM Courses & Customer Support
PLATO Learning, an online learning provider, announced this week the launch of its winter product release, which will expand its course offerings in STEM, language learning, and college preparedness as well as a support site for customers.
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Review: Teaching Generation Text
Lisa Nielsen and Willyn Webb have spent the last few years experimenting teaching with cell phones and were thrilled with the results.
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Year in Review: Top 10 Headlines of 2011
Getting Smart has witnessed some exciting news and trends throughout 2011. Today we've showcased our 10 most read headlines of 2011.
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Online Algebra Course Leads to Higher Achievement
Eighth-grade students who are "algebra ready" and take an online Algebra I course because their schools do not offer the class, outperform their peers in algebra knowledge and are twice as likely to take advanced mathematics classes in high school. The findings are in a rigorous new federally funded study conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) for the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands (REL-NEI).
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Infographic: Getting Into the College of Your Dreams
For students today, getting into the college of their dreams begins freshman year of high school (or sooner). Students must work hard, take the right classes and couple it with the right extra curricular activities. Then, they must research colleges, apply and prepare for the big transition.
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YouTube for Schools Shows Increased Trend in Videos for Learning
YouTube, the online video network that gained fast popularity by giving people a place to create and publish videos, announced this week that it launched a YouTube exclusive to schools in an effort to bring student-appropriate content to the classroom - a challenge the company has faced for years.
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ExpandED Schools Launches National Extended School Day Initiative
ExpandED Schools, an initiative by The After-School Corporation (TASC) to bring students longer school days for increased, quality instruction and mentoring, announced today that it received $11.5 million in new funding from Open Society Foundation, The Wallace Foundation and TASC to support a national expansion.
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Get Schooled Launches My College Dollars App & Challenge
While college education costs rise to new heights, the importance of obtaining a degree for future career success becomes more and more pertinent. Many students today from low- and middle-income families who need a college degree to succeed are unable to afford tuition costs. What's more, research shows that students do not receive enough guidance from counselors in high school to make education decisions around financial aid.
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From the Source, the Potential of Personal Digital Learning
Earlier this month, the Pacific Research Institute released a video that showcased the power of personal digital learning and the challenges that the parents, students and educators face in realizing its full potential. The following video, directed by Nick Tucker and produced by Lur Films and Ozymandias Media, looks at the tools that are generating the tipping point in an educational technology revolution.