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.
Gates Awards Tutor.com Professional Development Grant
Tutor.com, the largest online tutoring and homework help service, has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a completely new professional development model that will provide on-demand, one-to-one support for math teachers.
Ed Market to Pass US$5 Trillion by 2018, neXt Advisors
neXt Advisors' Michael Moe says the education market is doing more than just heating up. Some evidence: this interesting report fsaying that the education marketplace will be worth US$5.9 Trillion by 2018. Click for some high quality analysis inside...
Top-Ranked Questions for Digital Town Hall
Here is the list for the top ten questions for the Intel-sponsored Digital Town Hall, which will be running on Tuesday morning. You can tune into edReformer.com tomorrow morning at 8.45 am to watch the live streaming video.
The Turnover Gap
This report examines the growing "turnover gap" between black and Latino teachers and their white counterparts.
Carlos Contreras: Education Policy Director, Intel
A day before the Intel Digital Town Hall on Innovation, we talk with Intel's Education Policy Director Carlos Cantreras. The “Education for Innovation” digital town hall where be will Secretary Arne Duncan will make an announcement about the 2009 PISA results. He will be joined by OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría.
At The Education Barricades
Here's a portion of the Joel Klein Wall Street Journal op-ed. He looks back at his time "at the education barricades" and voices his opinion about a "self-serving approach" to training and keeping quality teachers, or not removing the bad ones.
No Teachers, Students Choose their Schooling
During a given day, some students at this school in Florida head over to the reading corner, some of them work on writing and drawing, and others tap into the computers to perfect their word processing and software-related skills. But, where are the teachers?
K12 Aventa Learning Hosting Free Webinar
K12, Inc. and Aventa Learning are hosting a live webinar for people interested to learn more about blended learning, digital learning and the hybrid forms of learning that mix on-site with online.
Supporting Student Voice and Choice Leads to Equity
The trouble with some forms of assessment and curriculum is that the teacher still remains in control, argues Andrew Miller.
Ten Tools for Innovative Educators
The Innovative Educator shows teachers a few ways they can use technology to bring viable and dynamic learning opportunities to their students. The ideas are locally implemented in the classroom, but can also produce an impact globally.