Sentences with phrase «technologies impact education»

Discover how digital games and immersive technologies impact education, healthcare, research, civics, and social issues.

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«As technology continues to change education in remarkable ways, and hundreds of entrepreneurs, teachers, and investors put their minds to harnessing its promise, it's still worth reading Sal Khan's description of his serendipitous entry, unpretentious philosophy, and profound impact on the world of education.

Technology has impacted every corner of society and every industry — from healthcare, to government, education, business, and sports.

«With the launch of our Financial Innovation Initiative, we endeavor to support fintech businesses through regular engagement and education, while gaining real - time insight into how current laws and regulations are impacting these emerging technologies.»

Recognized as a leading provider of technology and STEM solutions for the global education market, Boxlight (NASDAQ - NMS: BOXL)(«Boxlight») has been nominated for an IMPACT Regional Business Award in the education category.

After following closely developments in the impact sensor area for a number of years, and believing that this cutting edge technology had the potential to revolutionize the sideline identification of concussion in contact and collision sports and combat the chronic underreporting of concussions by athletes (which a new study has just shown persists, despite increased education), we decided to beta test the Shockbox football helmet sensor (one of the sensors nearing market launch).

Many of these issues are difficult to talk about but, on the whole, I find myself engaged in discussions with young people who are passionate about the positive impacts of technology on their lives and how they are learning to address problems they face, mainly against a dearth of formal education on the topics.

They found that the most obvious positive impact of technology on education was reflected in cognitive tools that helped show what was being studied — like a demonstration of how a cell divides, or the details of the internal organs of a medical patient.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

With the ever increasing impact of technology on education, it's nice to see that Olympia in London will be hosting a large exhibition next week to show off the latest gizmos and computers for broadening young minds.

In last week's issue of Science, Andrew Zucker, a senior researcher with the Concord Consortium, a Concord, Mass., nonprofit that studies the use of technology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stiltechnology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stilTechnology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stiltechnology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is still unknown.

Section 7008 of the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science) Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law on 9 August, requires all proposals for NSF grants that will support postdocs to «include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided... under the Foundation's broader impacts merit review criterion.

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Our study is a step towards understanding how technology is impacting on mate choice decisions based on education,» the researchers said in a statement.

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Education Nation offers myriad examples from Edutopia.org of films, articles, and resources, illustrating ways technology positively impacts student learning.

For technology to have a truly transformative impact on education, we need to use it to rethink our instructional models (link to hybrid paper).

Just like VR, Augmented Reality (AR) is set to have a huge impact on education technology.

Exclusively at Bett 2018, Wesleyan Bank will unveil its new white paper, «Affordable Access to EdTech», which highlights the latest technology innovation in education, as well as new improvements to established teaching tools and the impact such aids can have.

However, the communication tools we do have are pretty incredible and interactive technologies are having a huge impact on the way we deliver education in our rural schools.

It was, he adds, a compelling demonstration of exactly what Jim Shelton, assistant deputy secretary for innovation and improvement for the U.S. Department of Education, is championing — the impact of digital technologies on getting kids engaged.

Naace has a long standing history of supporting those working in education to use technology to achieve the greatest possible impact, and through its Impact Awards, seeks to provide some formal recognition of outstanding work in thisimpact, and through its Impact Awards, seeks to provide some formal recognition of outstanding work in thisImpact Awards, seeks to provide some formal recognition of outstanding work in this area.

As technology and education continues to go hand - in - hand, it's critical to look back at the biggest edtech trends of this past year to understand how they will evolve and create a lasting impact in 2017.

Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, and her predecessor Nicky Morgan, have both been insisting on the need to prove the impact of EdTech, ensuring that schools do not invest in «technology for technology's sake.»

The success of this iteration led to subsequent AL projects on other targeted areas for improvement, including Aboriginal education, formative assessment, the use of technology and the impact of flexible spaces on learning outcomes.

Rahil's school, the Impact Academy of Arts and Technology, is part of the Envision Education group of charter schools.

Some noted that for much of Jobs's life, he had, ironically perhaps, been skeptical of the positive impact technology could make on education.

Wood, who began his career as a social studies and history teacher in South Carolina, says he didn't really understand the impact of policy on what he did in the classroom until U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley invited him to Washington in 1993 to write the guidelines and serve as chief reviewer for the department's new Technology Innovation Challenge Grants program.

The Impact of Digital Technology on Learning: A Summary for the Education Endowment Foundation.

«With nearly three decades» experience supporting primary schools and academies of all sizes — from village primaries with 80 pupils right through to large inner city academies with 800 pupils - we see the impact that technology is having on education and the challenges this brings.

Beyond Lesser's impact in the world of television and children's learning, he also greatly influenced many at HGSE including Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt, director of the Technology, Innovation, and Education Program.

NCDAE says that 8.5 percent of Americans have a disability that impacts their ability to use a computer, and expresses concern that students in that category might be left behind if the federal government does not specifically spell out ways in which they too can participate in the changing face of education and technology.

77, director of the Technology, Innovation, and Education Program, whose work focuses on the impact of various forms of media on child development.

This important list, published by Technology & Innovation magazine, celebrates what truly works in education and what has a particularly positive impact on teaching and learning at secondary school level.

Our annual «Impact of New Technologies» survey into the views of English Maintained Schools on a range of new technologies used by teachers and students carried out in conjunction with the National Education Research Panel (NERP) shows that an increasing majority of schools (56 per cent primary, 65 per cent secondary schools) feel they are now definitely unable, or unlikely to be able, to maintain planned new technologies investments for 2011/12.

Emma Johnson is a small business consultant who is passionate about elearning and the impact technology is having on the education industry.

Perhaps the most significant impact of education technology is its potential to eliminate obstacles posed by geography.

Reflecting the impact of broader federal education policy, the research focus for school technology has shifted from experimentation to effectiveness.

But, as Dockterman discovered when he enrolled in the Ed School's doctoral program — admittedly unsure of how he was going to make greater impact in education — he was not against technology in education after all, and he began investigating the question, how can educators leverage technology in teaching?

«I came [to HGSE] to expand my understanding of issues related to adult post-secondary education so that I could apply technology in ways that make more of an impact on my students, and identify areas of inquiry that would support asking...

We have launched the Innovation in Opportunity project, an effort to integrate education technology into our schools, getting the best innovations possible tested to ensure the best impact on students and families.

VSO, a charity which aims to fight poverty through volunteers, has been working across Asia and Africa to monitor the positive impact that information technology, such as mobile phone apps and text messages, can have on improving the quality of education.

In this webinar, Karen Cator, chief executive officer of Digital Promise and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, will lead a conversation with assistant state superintendents from the Florida, Tennessee, and Delaware Departments of Education to discuss: • Each state's work on competency - based professional development using micro-credentials, • What changes they believe states and districts will look to make in the future, and • What the impact on teacher quality and retention will be.

Candidates for the Google for Education Certified Innovator program are selected based on their professional experience, their passion for teaching and learning, their innovative use of technology in school settings, their potential to impact other educators, and their desire to tackle some of the biggest challenges in eEducation Certified Innovator program are selected based on their professional experience, their passion for teaching and learning, their innovative use of technology in school settings, their potential to impact other educators, and their desire to tackle some of the biggest challenges in educationeducation.

The annual NMC Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC Horizon Project, a research - oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education over three time horizons — one year or less, two to three years, and four to five years.

As Klein told me in an email last night, «This is the right time — it gives someone three years to move the agenda forward and I have been offered an opportunity at NewsCorp to have a big impact in the area of educational technology, which holds out enormous opportunity for transforming education.»

In the gamification 2020 report, Gartner predicts that «gamification, combined with other emerging trends and technologies will have a significant impact on innovation, employee performance design, higher education globalization, customer engagement platforms, personal development».

«I came [to HGSE] to expand my understanding of issues related to adult post-secondary education so that I could apply technology in ways that make more of an impact on my students, and identify areas of inquiry that would support asking further questions through the rest of my career,» Shaw says.

In «The Common Core Takes Hold,» Robert Rothman of the Alliance for Excellent Education acknowledges a number of McShane's concerns: states» shrinking budgets will likely impact the funding necessary for implementation; there is little to no quality monitoring of the new resources that are being created; the new assessments — and the technology required to implement them — are hugely expensive; the public at large is poorly informed and their support for the standards is waning; and a significant drop in student test scores following implementation of Common Core - aligned assessments is a real concern.

Thank goodness for «Technology and Rural Education,» by Bryan C. Hassel and Stephanie Dean of Public Impact, the latest paper from Bellwether's rural - education projeEducation,» by Bryan C. Hassel and Stephanie Dean of Public Impact, the latest paper from Bellwether's rural - education projeeducation project, ROCI.