Podcasts about national education technology plan

*This episode is sponsored by Class Companion. To learn more and get started, Click Here! What's better than discovering an edtech tool that makes your teaching life easier? Sharing it with a friend! In this episode, we sit down with the ever-insightful Greg Bagby to trade notes on our favorite new edtech finds. Greg introduces us to Notebook LM, a next-level AI-powered notetaking assistant, while I dive into Class Companion, a versatile tool designed to facilitate student writing feedback through AI. Join us for a fun, practical conversation filled with tips, tricks, and plenty of “Why didn't I think of that?” moments. If you're looking to level up your tech toolkit, this episode is for you! Connect With Gabriel Carrillo EdTech Bites Website: https://edtechbites.com EdTech Bites On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/edtechbites.bsky.social EdTech Bites Instagram: https://instagram.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites X: https://twitter.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@edtechbites EdTech Bites YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@edtechbites About Greg Greg is the Coordinator of Instructional Technology in Hamilton County schools in Chattanooga, TN. He is about to finish a contract as an Apple Professional Learning specialist. He served on the Technical Working Group for the National Education Technology Plan and hopes to graduate soon with a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology. Connect With Greg Bagby Greg On X: https://x.com/Gregbagby Greg On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregbagby/ Greg On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100048828346605 Greg On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gregbagby.bsky.social

This week, Jamie and Jerri welcome special guests Kristina Ishmael and Greg Bagby to the pod to delve into the evolution of the National Education Technology Plan. Together, we'll discover how to move forward in the age of digital learning. Tune in to learn how this plan has transformed over time to meet the unique needs of today's learners. Kristina and Greg share their strategies for effectively implementing more professional development opportunities in education to help with the digital access, use, and design divide. From fostering digital citizenship to boosting digital literacy skills among students, this episode is filled with practical strategies and insights you don't want to miss! --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Kristina Ishmael is an educator, learner, advocate, and agent of change. She leads the Office of Ed Tech and develops national edtech policy to enable all-the-time learning and support digital equity. Ishmael has worked at federal, state, and school levels and has a unique perspective on policy and practice. She advised on inclusive technology portfolios at New America, was the Digital Learning Specialist for the Nebraska Department of Education and started her education career as an early childhood teacher to emerging bilingual learners. Listed as one of EdTech Magazine's K-12 IT influencers for 2020, Greg Bagby is currently the Coordinator of Instructional Technology for the Hamilton County Schools in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has been a presenter at Google Summits, state and national technology conferences, as well as at EdCamp encore events. He is one of the co-founders of EdCampGigCity and a co-moderator for #EdTechChat and #TnEdChat. --- SUBSCRIBE TO THE SERIES: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Overcast | RadioPublic FOLLOW US: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn POWERED BY CLASSLINK: ClassLink provides one-click single sign-on into web and Windows applications, and instant access to files at school and in the cloud. Accessible from any computer, tablet, or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. Learn more at classlink.com.

Join this dialogue with the Center on Inclusive Technology and Education Systems (CITES) to gain insights from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Education Technology and Office of Special Education Programs on the recently released assistive technology (AT) guidance and National Education Technology Plan. Each document highlights how students with disabilities can be supported to help ensure academic success. During the discussion, CITES will share district leadership resources including self-assessments, job descriptions and professional learning facilitator guides so teams can launch or build upon their inclusive technology practices. Facilitator:  Christine Fox, Vice President Operations Panelists: Anita Vermeer, Education Specialist, Office of Special Education, U.S. Department of Education Zac Chase, Digital Equity Impact Fellow, Office of Education Technology, U.S. Department of Education In our professional advancement webinars, education technology experts from across the country and worldwide present their specialties. During each interactive session, experts engage in dialogue to address the challenges and opportunities facing educators. Webinars are FREE for members and $59 for non-members. Partner webinars are free for all. For a complete listing of all CoSN's webinars, please visit:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cosn.org/education-events/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Be sure to follow us on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CoSN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to stay updated on CoSN events!

Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. Let us now embark on a journey through the intricate web of education, technology, and equity. Today, we're diving deep into the 2024 National Education Technology Plan. Join us as we navigate through the waves of innovation, unpacking the strategies aimed at bridging the digital divide and ensuring equitable access to educational resources for all learners. We'll unravel the threads of this ambitious plan, shedding light on its impact and implications for our classrooms. Moment of Zen: Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it's not all mixed up. - A.A. Milne   The Rundown: Follow along by downloading the National EdTech Plan (NETP): A Call to Action for Closing the Digital Access, Design, and Use Divides What is the National EdTech Plan? How did it come to be? Building on the concept of the Instructional core, this plan considers the barriers to equitable support of learning through edtech as three divides:Digital Use Divide Digital Design Divide Digital Access Divide As a path to closing these divides, the NETP also provides actionable recommendations to advance the effective use of technology to support teaching and learning.  Many schools in the United States have greater connectivity and access to devices and digital learning resources than ever before due to the need for emergency remote learning brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this continued bridging of the access divide will only add to the failure of edtech to deliver on its promises if systems do not consider its use in conjunction with all components of the instructional core. This NETP attempts to chart a path for all schools, educators, and students to realize the potential of technology in supporting better “everywhere, all-the-time” learning.   Tech Tool of the Week CAST - great source for learning more about UDL https://www.cast.org/   Rate, Review and Subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcast, Podbean, Castbox, Overcast, Bullhorn, or wherever else you get your ear candy.  Thanks for listening and inspiring!   Please rate and review the podcast on your app of choice and leave us a comment on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram Thank you so much for listening and inspiring!   Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden   Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

On this week's episode of the Cutting EDge, we hear from senior IT leadership about how they're adapting operations and workplace guidelines to retain employees. First, Jacqueline Malcolm, vice chancellor of IT for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, explains how the system is set up to make sure employee feedback makes it to the top. Then, Michael Cato, chief information officer for Maine's Bowdoin College, explains the new opportunities and pressures that IT staff face in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In the news: The Department of Education's Office of Edtech announced the first refresh to the National Education Technology Plan since 2017. https://edscoop.com/national-edtech-plan-2022-refresh/ Virtual classroom company Class plans to buy Blackboard's Collaborate from administrative tools provider Anthology. https://edscoop.com/class-buys-blackboard-collaborate/ The University of Central Florida hired a senior vice president for student success with a background in implementing analytics. https://edscoop.com/university-of-central-florida-student-success/ Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. https://edscoop.com/cutting-edge-podcast

Joining the podcast in this episode is Marni Baker Stein, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at the Western Governors University (WGU). For over 25 years, Marni has been designing and scaling programs to improve access, affordability, and student success. Prior to joining WGU, she worked for educational institutions in the United States and abroad on the development and administration of pioneering high school, undergraduate, graduate, continuing, and professional programming models delivered through competency-based, online, and hybrid formats. Marni was selected by the Department of Education to serve as a member of the National Technical Working Group, charged with expanding the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and using technology to transform higher education. Join in on today’s conversation as Tom and Marni talk about the future of higher ed and the role of advisors and skills. Marni shares experiences during her education as well as her career, how the learning model at WGU has changed in the last three years (and what’s next on the roadmap), about WGU’s new “achievement wallet” and how it will help transcript students’ competencies, how the education landscape has been shifting away from degrees to more skill-based progression (and what this means for traditional higher education), and much, much more.   Key Takeaways: [:10] About today’s episode with Marni Baker Stein. [1:05] Tom Vander Ark welcomes Marni to the podcast. [1:14] Why did Marni study French and Economics at Penn State University? [2:15] When Marni was pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at Penn State, did she already have her sights set on higher ed? [2:43] Marni shares how she came to launch the first English language MBA programming in the former Soviet Union after finishing up her Master’s Degree (and later in Japan and Turkey). [4:01] The big takeaways from Marni’s experiences developing English programs abroad. [5:07] Marni’s experience as a Curriculum Coordinator at UC Santa Barbara. [6:28] In 1998, while helping Penn State launch their online learning program, did Marni have any visibility to Western Governors University (WGU) starting out in Salt Lake City? [8:04] Background on the founding of WGU. [8:33] Highlights from Marni’s four years as Chief Innovation Officer at the University of Texas System. [11:14] Three-and-a-half years ago, Marni became the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at the Western Governors University (WGU). She shares about the state of the university at the time; what she saw that they were doing well and areas she saw as an opportunity for improvement. [14:21] How the learning model at WGU has changed in the last three years and what’s next for the learning model. [15:54] Marni elaborates on the progress they’ve made at WGU with regards to focusing on what learners need to know, how they know what learners know, and how they can communicate and capture that. [16:54] About WGU’s “achievement wallet” that they’re rolling out in the spring and how it will help transcript students’ competencies. [18:42] At WGU, mentors play a really important role. Marni describes this role and how they guide the learning journey for students. [21:01] How a mentor helps a learner find out if they’re in the right academic program. [22:22] If a learner is struggling with a concept in a class, do they go to their mentor or their course instructor? How would they connect to academic support? [23:30] Are they using a Case Management approach? Is software involved in keeping the learner up-to-date? [24:39] With a set of partners, Marni launched the Open Skills Network. She describes what it is and its overall mission and vision. [27:42] Lately the education landscape has been shifting away from degrees to more skill-based progression. What does this mean for traditional higher education? [32:40] Does Marni predict that more learners will be mixing and matching to create unique pathways? [32:59] Have enrollments increased at WGU since COVID-19? How is WGU participating in the lifelong learning space going forward? [34:41] Is WGU the largest school of education in the country? [35:01] Marni gives an update on Mark Milliron, their Senior Vice President and Executive Dean, as well as an exciting initiative that is being worked on right now. [36:25] Where to learn more about WGU. [36:46] Tom thanks Marni for her leadership at WGU. [37:05] How many learners are enrolled right now at WGU? [37:16] Tom thanks Marni for joining the Getting Smart Podcast.   Mentioned in This Episode: Marni Baker Stein’s LinkedIn Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 228: “Michael Horn on Choosing College” The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State/PSU) Western Governors University (WGU) University of Texas System University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Open Skills Network (OSN) WGU 2019 Annual Report   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!

Karen Cator: 2010 National Education Technology Plan | Steve Hargadon | Feb 1 2011 by Steve Hargadon

Our special guest is John Couch, Apple Inc.'s First Vice President of Education. He is also the author of the book Rewiring Education: How Technology Can Unlock Every Student's Potential.  Apple’s iconic co-founder Steve Jobs had a powerful vision for education, employing technology to make an enormous positive effect on the lives of millions of students. The man Jobs tapped to realize this vision was John D. Couch, a trusted engineer and executive who had a passion for education. Couch believed learning needed to be personal and collaborative. He argued the real purpose of education was to help children discover their uniqueness and empower them to reach beyond their perceived potential. However, changing a system that has notoriously resisted change for the past century proved to be no small task, even for an Apple vice president. Now, though, technology is increasingly integrated into every aspect of our lives, rewiring our homes, our jobs, and even our brains. Most important, a rewiring of education is finally beginning to unlock the potential of our schools, children, and society. In Rewiring Education, Couch shares the professional lessons he’s learned during his 50-plus years in education and technology. He takes us behind Apple’s major research study, Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT), and its follow-up (ACOT 2), highlighting the powerful effects of the Challenge-Based Learning framework. Going beyond Apple’s walls, he also introduces us to some of the most extraordinary parents, educators, and entrepreneurs from around the world who have ignored the failed promises of memorization and, instead, utilize new science-backed methods and technologies that benefit all children, from those who struggle to honor students. Rewiring Education examines the future, looking at the most promising of the emerging technologies, and how we, as parents, teachers, and voters, can ensure our children are provided with opportunities and access to the relevant, creative, collaborative, and challenging learning environments they need to succeed both today and tomorrow. John D. Couch is an Executive Advisor to, and former Vice President of Education at, Apple, Inc. A former UC Berkeley graduate student, HP engineer and manager, and Cal State University lecturer, John was recruited by Steve Jobs in 1978, becoming Apple’s 54th employee. He left in 1984 and spent ten years using innovative technology to transform a struggling K-12 school in San Diego, which is now a National Blue-Ribbon school. At Jobs’ request, John returned to Apple in 2002, tasked with bringing education into the digital age. He has been a vocal proponent of personalized learning and was Apple’s representative to President Obama’s National Education Technology Plan and ConnectEd initiative. In 2017, John funded the establishment of a new Student Learning Research Fellowship at Harvard University, designed to support cutting-edge research for improving student learning and motivation. Visit John’s personal website for info on his other endeavors, including Eden Estates and Eden Inspirations.  

AIR's Ed Tech Download podcast series explores why research is a critical part of technology development, and what developers should be aware of as they begin using research to evaluate and improve their products. These three episodes explore the U.S. Department of Education's National Education Technology Plan, which shares new technology advances and research on how technology and digital resources can enhance teaching and learning. AIR experts wrote the plan for an audience of educators, researchers, policymakers, technology innovators, community-based leaders, students and their families. In the podcasts, AIR's Tracy Gray and Larry Friedman discuss the plan with Bart Epstein of Jefferson Education Accelerator. This third and final episode in the series explains how leaders can help leverage technology to support teaching and learning.

AIR's Ed Tech Download podcast series explores why research is a critical part of technology development, and what developers should be aware of as they begin using research to evaluate and improve their products. These three episodes explore the U.S. Department of Education's National Education Technology Plan, which shares new technology advances and research on how technology and digital resources can enhance teaching and learning. AIR experts wrote the plan for an audience of educators, researchers, policymakers, technology innovators, community-based leaders, students and their families. In the podcasts, AIR's Tracy Gray and Larry Friedman discuss the plan with Bart Epstein of Jefferson Education Accelerator. This second episode looks at promising examples of learning technology that promote "active use" -- directly engaging students and pushing them to another level in their cognitive development.

AIR's Ed Tech Download podcast series explores why research is a critical part of technology development, and what developers should be aware of as they begin using research to evaluate and improve their products. These three episodes explore the U.S. Department of Education's National Education Technology Plan, which shares new technology advances and research on how technology and digital resources can enhance teaching and learning. AIR experts wrote the plan for an audience of educators, researchers, policymakers, technology innovators, community-based leaders, students and their families. In the podcasts, AIR's Tracy Gray and Larry Friedman discuss the plan with Bart Epstein of Jefferson Education Accelerator. This first episode looks at why leadership, infrastructure, and assessment are key ingredients in the successful implementation of technology.

Karen Cator, President and CEO of Digital Promise discusses participatory learning- powered By technology. The future of learning is personal and participatory, and technology enables new strategies and systems for meeting students, and administrators where they are. This keynote presents the barriers and the necessary innovations for ensuring the future is bright. Karen Cator is the President and CEO of Digital Promise, and the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education from 2009-2013. During her tenure she led the development and broad dissemination of the 2010 National Education Technology Plan.She focused the office’s efforts on teacher and leader support through online community building, developing evidence of learning and of persistence based on new sources of data and analytics and supported innovation, entrepreneurship, and smart investment in the education sector. She has devoted her career to creating the best possible opportunity to learn for people of all ages.

Ms. Thille’s focus of research and development is in applying results from the learning sciences to the design, implementation and evaluation of open web-based learning environments. Candace currently serves as a redesign scholar for the National Center for Academic Transformation; as a Fellow of International Society for Design and Development in Education; and on the Global Executive Advisory board for Hewlett Packard’s Catalyst Initiative. She recently served on a working group at the U.S. Department of Education to write the National Education Technology Plan for the Obama Administration and currently serves on a working group for the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate of the effectiveness of online courses for secondary students. According to Candace, “Using intelligent tutoring systems, virtual laboratories, simulations, and frequent opportunities for assessment and feedback, The Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon builds learning environments that support instruction. Or, more precisely, to support the kind of dynamic, flexible, and responsive instruction that fosters learning. As students work through the OLI courses, we use technology to collect real-time interaction level data of all student use. We use this data to create four positive feedback loops: feedback to students, feedback to instructors, feedback to course designers, and feedback to learning science researchers.”

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First, an apology. We didn't hear the horrible noise until it was all recorded and we didn't have the time to re-record. I did my best at noise reduction and can honestly say it's WAY better than it was... A Thin Line (:44), Chartle (4:40), Pencil (6:50), Threely (8:01), Equity Index (11:20), Super Teacher Tools (9:30), Wiki Ideas (13:25), National Education Technology Plan (14:30), BabelShot (15:55), Math Drills Lite (18:10)