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.
iNACOL Announces Online Learning Innovator Awards
The iNACOL Online Learning Innovator Awards recognize innovative learning practices, new research and individual achievements in the field.
Cooney Center Learning Apps Report
Link to download the Cooney Center new report, "Learning: Is There an App for That?"
What You Need to Know, from the Co-Founder of Atari
You only need to know one thing about the interview of Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, with CNET this week. It's about coders and the role our education system should be playing in what he thinks is the most important product of the 21st Century.
SIIA Posts Top 10 Components of Personalized Learning
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), in collaboration with ASCD and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), today released Innovate to Educate: System [Re]Design for Personalized Learning.
Teachers Rule, Teachers Trained, Teachers Win
It's Friday, and with a whole week of on-location new media work to be done, we'll leave you this weekend with the news from the week, brought to you by Education Equality Project. This week, it was all about teachers, past, present and future.
Video: Newark Students Speak Out on Education
This is a clip found on the PENewark channel started by Newark Mayor Cory Booker. It's students talking about education.
Douglas Levin: Executive Director, SETDA
We interviewed Douglas A. Levin, Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association after Secretary of Education Arne Duncan introduced the Department of Education's Ed Tech Plan.
Video: Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Department of Education
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks to the crowd at SETDA in Washington, DC this week. Here are his remarks about the new ed tech plan.
Video: Karen Cator, Dir. of Ed Tech, U.S. Dept. of Ed
U.S. Department of Education Director of Educational Technology Karen Cator talking about professional development online, during Education Week's Leadership Forum, "Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning." This video and the others we are running today are from this series.
Video: Julie Young, President & CEO, FL Virtual Schools
Florida Virtual Schools President and CEO Julie Young tells EdWeek about the need for strong academic standards and online learning that feeds into students' interests.