ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A solid early education serves as a cornerstone for a child's future. However, many young children have limited access to high-quality educational opportunities because of socioeconomic factors and technological barriers. He aspired to make high-quality education financially viable and scalable for a broader system.

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ED Surge

MAY 27, 2022

As a fifth grade math teacher and instructional coach in New Orleans, Gibson has become increasingly interested in effective teaching informed by cognitive science —otherwise known as learning science—and how it can help teachers improve their practice. Click each image to see the excerpts and videos.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Even so, some educators are trying to get ahead of the curve to help influence what kinds of education products and services emerge in the metaverse. This week the Brookings Institution released a policy brief titled “ A Whole New World: Education Meets the Metaverse. ” So you do see potential in this technology for educators?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 14, 2015

Adaptive learning. ’ 12 education guidelines from Alfie Kohn. via https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NYR47-XJq64#t=01m55s. Related Posts. 10+1 reactions to closing Iowa’s achievement gaps. What does it mean to be ‘aligned to the Common Core?’ Test makers should not be driving instruction.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

Thank you for your work on the front lines to ensure our children and youth’s health and education were sustained throughout this difficult year. As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

As Educational Technology Director for the entire district, Susan Uram is responsible for ensuring that roughly 28,000 students and their teachers have access to the most impactful learning technology available. Here, she explains how Course of Mind: ISTE’s learning sciences initiative factors into that ambitious plan.

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ED Surge

MAY 22, 2024

When it comes to AI in education, one edtech company stands out as a sage leader and trailblazing pioneer. Amid the chaotic deluge of new generative AI tools, claims and calamities inundating school leaders, Carnegie Learning has been all in on AI for nearly 25 years. It's not yet another tool that educators and students access.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The goal of Digital Promise’s Marketplace Research work has been to create smarter supply and smarter demand in the education technology (edtech) marketplace. A foundational element of this work is research communications–helping consumers find reliable, evidence-based information they can trust about learning tools.

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ED Surge

JUNE 26, 2023

In today's fast-paced educational landscape, technology plays an increasingly vital role in supporting student learning. First, it seeks to assist educators and district decision-makers in effectively evaluating and expressing requirements for edtech products that align with robust, research-supported instructional practices.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2016

With more and more educational technology tools on the market, schools and universities , the government , and parents all want to know, Which products are effective for which teachers and students? The three categories are: Learning Sciences : How developers use scientific research on how people learn to inform product design.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Those dull, outdated assignments don’t further learning goals and only serve to disengage students. Online homework tools provide teachers with rich, targeted data about where students are struggling, which allows educators to tailor assignments to the specific needs of students.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

In this first blog post, we’ll address how educators can build and maintain good working relationships with edtech developers. Part two will discuss how edtech vendors can return the favor to develop great working relationships with educators. Ask about the learning sciences research used to design and build edtech products.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Among them is Robert Talbert, a professor in the mathematics department at Grand Valley State University and author of the book “ Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty. ” “It kind of takes flipped learning educators to task, and I thought that was super unnecessary,” Talbert said. “I

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Digital Promise

MARCH 14, 2018

Education technology and innovation continue to evolve, making it easier for teachers to harness the power of technology to improve education outcomes for learners. At the same time, a growing field of learning sciences research offers more precise knowledge of how learners learn.

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ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2022

Marcy Brown is the Director of Technology for the small district, tasked with the procurement of all educational software and hardware for a group of roughly 1,400 students and 300 faculty members. In her 16 years with SCCSD, Brown has held four different positions, beginning as a self-described “tech savvy” earth science teacher.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. We’re excited for the opportunity to spread the word of what’s happening – and what’s possible – in education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2023

My trip to the Alien Zoo wasn’t just for fun or a total abuse of my role as an education journalist. Replacing traditional labs, this new technology from Dreamscape Learn is used to reinforce the foundational life science concepts they are learning in the classroom. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) We’re excited to bring you more episodes this year, including more installments in our new series about growing public skepticism about higher education and the impact that is having on the choices students make after high school.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

Dr. Katrina McEllen, Assistant Superintendent for Educational Program Services, oversees curriculum for a student population of about 10,500. Here, she explains how Course of Mind is helping her district strategically incorporate learning technology into their curriculum. Don't overwhelm your students.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2023

Listeners to the EdSurge Podcast like to learn about brains—and what research shows can best reach and teach them. Our two most popular episodes of 2022 addressed just that subject, exploring fresh findings in learning science and how educators can apply them. What Role Should AI Play in Education? By Jeffrey R.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

Farley’s own journey as an adult language learner has positioned him to be relatable and empathetic toward his students, he says, and to show them that learning is lifelong. I think that class got me into reading for pleasure and also reading for education. I really want to help students have a strong foundation for their learning.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Learning science continues to develop, and it should guide us away from learning practices steeped in nostalgia to ones that can truly nourish more students. There are quality ingredients that are affordable that let students experience learning in active and engaging ways. Let's avoid the low hanging fruit.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And that sparked her interest in digging into learning science research that she’s gathered into a recent book, “ The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain.” EdSurge recently sat down with Paul to dig into her arguments about rethinking how we think, and what educators can learn from the research.

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ED Surge

JULY 8, 2022

So I explored the notion of caring pedagogy and discovered, to my surprise, that it goes all the way back to the 1930s and ‘40s, to the pioneering work of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, noted in learning-science circles among the founders of social constructivist theory.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2022

Most schools, for the health and safety of their communities, adjusted them in a variety of ways, often making them more “brain-friendly” and aligning them with promising research and strategies in the science of teaching and learning, or what we like to call, Mind, Brain and Education (MBE). We still have work to do at St.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Every week we publish a new episode of our EdSurge Podcast about the future of learning, a way to hear the voices of students, educators and leaders as they puzzle out some of the thorniest issues facing education. One is that people are interested in how new technologies coming out might impact education.

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ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2022

“Think of the screen as a place for two-way conversations rather than just talking at your students,” says Kristen Sosulski, executive director of NYU Stern School of Business Learning Science Lab. “If If you recognize it as a space for conversation, rather than a lecture, you’ll design your course with that in mind.”

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ED Surge

JULY 4, 2023

Then he switched careers to become a kindergarten teacher and later a high school teacher before going back to get a doctorate in education from Stanford University.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Malkin: Carnegie Learning originated at Carnegie Mellon University, one of the most respected research universities in the country, known for its work in education and cognitive science. So research, data and learning science have always been at the core of what we do. Carnegie Learning Only K-12 Finalist for Dept.

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ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2022

But despite explosive growth in edtech spending, there’s still very little that’s known about which educational products actually work. Over the last couple of years, several nonprofits including Digital Promise have tried to collect data about edtech products to provide educators a way to make smart decisions regarding tech.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

At the September 2016 Summit to Expand Research Use in Education , educators, technology developers, and researchers met to address an essential question: How can we work together to expand research use in the design, development, and improvement of education programs, products, and practices?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

She and a colleague published a journal article about their experience last year, called “ TikTok: An Emergent Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Science Communication Online. ” “It is the ethical responsibility of researchers to disseminate findings with the public in a timely way,” the paper concludes. “As

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2024

While the latter may entertain, the former serve to educate. Concerns about AI-powered reading coaches, assistants and tutors relate to both learning to read and reading to learn, especially when it comes to AI-generated prompts. Through this collaborative approach, they could also foster teachers' AI literacy.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"BREAK MY SOUL", in particular, reflects my work as a public high school history teacher as I have had my own renaissance navigating the toxic landscape that further marginalizes educators struggling to hold on to their humanity while teaching. Educators are no different.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

Many education leaders think so, as ChatGPT and other new generative AI tools sweep into daily life. After all, it’s not every day that a technology comes along that is widely compared to the printing press in terms of how influential it could be. And there is an emerging push to bring AI literacy to schools and colleges. .

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process from the data traces that students leave with every click in a digital textbook , learning management system or other online learning tool. Its an approach known as learning analytics.

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