ED Surge

APRIL 16, 2024

Remember all the hype around the metaverse in education? So what happened to the early education experiments in the metaverse, and what do those watching the space think is next? In her testing of the device, she said she felt truly immersed in a demo that allowed users to appear to walk among dinosaurs. We need interactivity.

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JULY 15, 2024

But last month, just a few months after the fanfare of the public launch event, the district abruptly shut down its Ed chatbot, after the company it contracted to build the system, AllHere Education, suddenly furloughed most of its staff citing financial difficulties. Related document: Contract between LAUSD and AllHere Education.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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MAY 2, 2024

Balloon archways surrounded the stage as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Alberto Carvalho, last month announced what he hailed as a pioneering use of artificial intelligence in education. So what, specifically, does the system do?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This journey requires collaboration among technology teams, instructional coaches and educators. Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology to enrich classroom environments.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Soon after, I fell in love with education by volunteering to teach English as a Second Language outside my classes. Many educators, like Stanford University Professor Bryan Brown , have long advocated for a shift in the national approach to teaching science and have worked to develop curricular content to further those goals.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Considering how AI has rapidly entered education conversations, teachers and administrators are certainly represented in this statistic. Feelings of AI anxiety are valid for a technology that brings so much change and uncertainty. However, their presence is sorely lacking in K-12 education.

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MAY 9, 2023

CoCo is still in its beta phase, being tested out by educators from 65 different countries. As one educator writes about their experience with the tool, there are no individual user profiles, no way to collect likes and no followers — basically, no emphasis on comparison. Screenshot of the CoCo demo video.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

When Bradley Denison , director of the educational technology services of the College of the Mainland (COM), was tasked with facilitating an LMS evaluation, he understood the importance of listening to stakeholder needs, carefully analyzing priorities and devising a clear plan to meet the institution’s demands.

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MAY 13, 2024

By embracing a collaborative approach, schools and districts can ensure that the adoption of new technologies aligns with the diverse needs and aspirations of students, teachers and the wider community and that the vision is truly shared, resulting in a more dynamic, interactive experience. Request a demo.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

My then-employer was part of the growing education industry in the Philippines. Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Founder & CEO, Intercultural Education Consulting The metaverse, a virtual, interconnected, and immersive digital space where users can interact with each other and digital environments, holds tremendous potential to transform education. We must embrace new technology and improve upon it to enhance learning.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

When we learned about GoGuardian’s Beacon software, we did a demo, and I thought, "I need that." GoGuardian mental health resources for K-12 educators. The teachers can also use the GoGuardian Teacher platform to see what kids are working on—make sure they're staying on task. Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Resources.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Prieur began his career as a high school English teacher in Palm Beach County, Florida, before transitioning to a school-level administrator role for six and a half years, during which he earned his doctorate in educational leadership. Josh Prieur Director of Educator Enablement at Prodigy EdSurge: How do you define game-based learning?

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Communication from teachers to both students and parents has always been important in K-12 education. A 16-year veteran middle school teacher, Hall is a big proponent of increasing access to information for all education stakeholders. Watch a short demo video to see how an intuitive interface saves educators time.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

Those are some of the takeaways from a new book, “ The Complete Guide to Contract Cheating in Higher Education.” His name is Dave Tomar, and these days, he advises educators on how to combat cheating. What does it say about our education system? So why is this type of cheating so common? It's not [looking for] a smoking gun.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The school’s founder, Erika Donalds, hopes this cutting-edge technology can help spread an educational approach that is decidedly old-fashioned. She’s a champion of a model of education that favors students reading classical texts and otherwise focusing on the traditional canons of arts, literature and culture.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

This common experience illuminates how challenging it can be for educational technology (edtech) companies to communicate what they do and why it is important. Most importantly, educators wonder, “What will this tool actually do for my students?”. This challenge is even harder for edtech companies innovating on the cutting edge.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

For school district technology leaders, navigating a potential refresh of classroom technology can be daunting. A technology refresh is not just about keeping up with the latest trends or adding the latest features. Request a demo.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Department of Education, nearly 14.7 Department of Education cautions against scrutinizing data before and after the pandemic because of varying adherence to the current definition of chronic absenteeism — some districts reported data on truancy rather than total absences — there has been an undeniable jump in chronic absenteeism since 2019.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When GPT-3 burst on the education scene, it caused a flood of reactions, ranging from gleeful to apocalyptic. And they had examples they could have called to mind, such as the metaverse, a high-tech concept for a virtual world that promised to revolutionize education before calming expectations. But more than that, it unlocked money.

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