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What U.S. Companies Should Know About Asia's Edtech Market

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Last summer, when I was working for ThinkCERCA, which helps students develop critical thinking skills through reading and writing, the edtech startup was facing a big decision: should it try and break into the lucrative Chinese market? ThinkCERCA is definitely not the first U.S. company that has eyed Asia as the next big market.

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Why Accessibility Must Be a Part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Initiatives

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Companies that are committed to diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) provide products and services that authentically and accurately reflect the learners they serve—whoever they are and wherever they live. DEI, in general, can translate to different actions for every company, but all initiatives are rooted in the same values.

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Is Higher Ed Really Ready to Embrace Hybrid Learning?

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That may mean hiring more staff who have expertise in digital course design and instruction—and reevaluating whether to pay for help from outside companies or bring services in-house. It may also mean doing more to truly prepare students for online learning. That may lead to less outsourcing of services from edtech companies.

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The Edtech Buying Process Is Broken. ISTE Says Teachers Can Fix It.

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This is Rowan-Salisbury’s “edtech playground,” where teachers can try out the latest technology, offer feedback to district leaders and determine whether the products would be a good fit for their classrooms. As a result, districts today are using an average of 548 edtech apps per month. “It

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Nobody Designed Edtech Tools for This Crisis. Here’s Why Yours Must Evolve.

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and a number of other countries, we were just getting comfortable with the notion of enriching the traditional classroom with online and digital learning. How are we rethinking our definition of “blended” and what do we have to do to support that evolving reality? In the U.S. You must survive.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

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When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. education system.

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The 7 coolest edtech products I saw at FETC

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Lucid is one of those companies that you may not have heard of, but you definitely should! They have a visual learning toolkit that helps students learn to collaborate using 21st-century skills while making deeper connections to prior knowledge. Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection.

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