More than 50 percent of students entering high school are two or more years behind in at least one subject on meeting the academic grade level standards; less than 40 percent are proficient; and only 5 percent are advanced. What do we do about the more than percent of students who are missing the necessary [...]
Members of the BLEgroup put out a monthly article on a critical ed tech topics to education decision makers and edtech firms such as LMSs, mobile devices, assessments, and web based P.D. The articles are put out by senior members of the group who have expertise in the areas. The articles or blogs provide a statement on current status of a product set and recommendations to both ed tech firms and the industry on how to address these products in the coming year.
Critical K12 Topics for Education Decision Makers and the Edtech Industry
November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What Is the Right Test? Analysis of Evolving Assessments More than 50 percent of students entering high school are two or more years behind in at least one subject on meeting the academic grade level standards; less than 40 percent are proficient; and only 5 percent are advanced. What do we do about the more [...]
Mobile Devices: Current Status and Trends 2011-2012
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Is this the 80s all over again? Are mobile devices, the silver bullet that will fail to support education results, or are they the platform for a disruptive breakthrough in education improvement? The use of mobile devices is changing so rapidly that it is hard for education decision makers to know what to purchase or [...]
Learning Management Systems: Current Status and Trends 2011–2012
September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Learning Management Systems: The delivery platform for digital education What is it, and how many are there? LMSs, learning management systems, are the platforms that deliver digital content, which makes them a very critical app in the transformation from print to digital delivery . Still in their early stages, they offer the potential for individualized [...]
Reflection on Trends and Products seen at the BLEgroup panels at TCEA
September 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Technology is now strategic to education. The movement of education from print to the web is happening…The products that we saw at TCEA were the best that we have ever seen in one set of panels and signify the beginning of the new era of web-delivered education. We did focus groups for 20 firms at [...]
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