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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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Review: Virtual Labs Provide Increased Access to Learning On a Budget
How many high school, college and university science labs have the opportunity to allow all of its students to experiment with some of the world's most dangerous bacteria, toxic chemicals or explosive materials on the most sophisticated equipment available to science? The answer: very few if not none. That's where Late Nite Labs comes in.
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Top 10+ Educational Podcasts
Podcasts are a great way to get news and information while you're multitasking. Oftentimes, I listen to podcasts in the car, at the gym, while house cleaning, etc. Here are a few of my favorite news sources in the educational space.
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Report: From Remediation to Acceleration
Jobs for the Future released "From Remediation to Acceleration: Early Lessons from Two Philadelphia Back on Track Schools," a report that discusses how to bring students in drop-out recovery programs up to speed and ready for college, this October.
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States and Districts Require Online Learning
Education Week reported this Monday that Tennessee and a handful of other states now require all students take at least one class online in forward-thinking policies to ready kids for the future.
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Infographic: Online Students vs. Traditional Students
OnlinePHDprograms.com, an online Ph.D. degree provider, published an excellent infographic this week on "Online Students vs. Traditional Students." The infographic looks at the reasons students choose online learning over traditional classrooms and environments, the courses they take, and the outcomes from online learning. In light of the economic downturn, many students find that online learning is a more cost effective solution and efficient management of time. Their choice to go online oftentimes reflect positively in the outcomes.
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The old deal, the new deal, and the metrics
I don’t know about you, but I’m not paying much attention to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) debates in Washington. NCLB, flawed as it was, represented a bipartisan commitment to equity and an end to the toleration of chronic failure. What’s going on now (this weird local…
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Indiana School District Replaces Textbooks With 1:1 Laptop Program
The New York Times published an article this week on the traditional Indiana School District's switch to a 1:1 laptop program, which replaced textbooks for 2,600 students in Muster, Ind. The school district replaced all its math and science textbooks for students in grades 5-12 with a $1.1 million project for digital learning infrastructure in a new 1:1 laptop program.
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Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holiday Talks Digital Learning
Kentucky Educational Television published a video this week of Terry Holiday, the Kentucky Commissioner of Education, at the Kentucky Digital Summit this September. Holiday speaks about Digital Learning Now!, P-20 Innovation Labs, next generation learning and calls education leaders, policymakers and more to reform education.
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10 Unique Lesson Ideas for BYOD and BYOT
Bring your own device (BYOD) and bring your own technology (BYOT) policies are growing in education and the workplace. Teachers are taking advantage of mobile devices for "m-learning," putting those mini computers in kids' backpacks and pockets to use. Here are 10 lesson ideas for BYOD and m-learning in the classroom.
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Webinar: Blended Learning Case Studies with Michael B. Horn
Connections Learning is hosting a webinar on "Blended Learning Case Studies: How Brick and Mortar Schools are Taking Advantage of Online Learning Options" tomorrow, Wednesday 19, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EST.