First-ever Israel EdTech Summit brings a global reach
Debut event featured ed-tech entrepreneurs, educators, and more The first-ever Istrael EdTech Summit has just wrapped, bringing together a decidedly ... Read more
big data
When using data, remember monkey sex
When you talk about big data these days, as well as its potential to help predict future trends and, therefore, courses of action, stories about turkey breasts, hand…
3 major ways to boost basic data literacy in K-16
A new report outlines the need for K-16 students to develop key data literacy skills Focusing on three specific areas ... Read more
How safe is my student data?
A few years ago I was attending a meeting at my county office, where a vendor who runs a popular education site was making a presentation. If I’m…
6 questions to ask about data
If educators and students want to harness data in support of instruction, here are six key questions they should ask.
Big Data’s revolutionary potential
A recent eSchool News story about five revolutionary new ed-tech trends suggested that big data is one of the technological developments that “will have a near-immediate impact on…
Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2013, No. 4: Big Data
4. ‘Big Data’ infiltrates education, bringing privacy concerns as well. At the SXSWedu conference in Austin, Texas, in early March, the most influential new ed-tech product unveiled to…
Three potential big data pitfalls
Big data is likely to quickly become big business, ZDNet reports.