Digital Promise
JANUARY 8, 2019
Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. Technology, and especially the internet and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, has become ubiquitous in our daily lives and affordable even to our public schools.
Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2023
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to normal. Yes, I did see some distraction here and there—a student checking a text or another who seemed to have a graphic novel open on a window in the background.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 16, 2015
On the primary and high-school levels, schools that successfully integrate technology into their classrooms see increased performance, better behavior from students, and lowered drop-out rates. Tablets, laptops, educational gaming software, and smartphones allow schools to: Personalize the learning experience.
Edsurge
JANUARY 30, 2017
In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention.
Kitaboo on EdTech
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Students are grappling with the rising costs of textbooks. Low Cost of Production.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Students engaged with an Acuitus training program that combines computer-based learning with human mentors to compress 10 years of experience and learning into 5 months. Erals Delao was one of the students working through the program on the day I visited.
eSchool News
JANUARY 3, 2022
This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8
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