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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” Learn more at the conference master classes page. Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We

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It’s late 2015 and we’re still overblocking the Internet

Dangerously Irrelevant

The equity concerns are most egregious for students who lack Internet access at home because school may be their primary option for learning what it means to be an empowered, active online citizen. . There are numerous reasons why we overblock the Internet. Image credit: Save the Internet Net Neutrality protest , Steve Rhodes.

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The 2 Biggest Barriers To Learning in Modern Schools - Consideration 7

The Innovative Educator

But when it comes to schools there’s an endless list of reasons why they are unable to figure out how to provide sufficient internet access for learning. 2) The filtering divide Schools that service children living in poverty receive e-rate funding which requires schools to filter the internet.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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OPINION: Some warning flags for those embracing personalized learning powered by education technology

The Hechinger Report

Personalized education proponents rightly argue that teaching to the average is an outdated and impossible target given the complexity of learning. A recent review showed that the top 100 downloaded apps designed for children’s learning are of low educational and scientific quality.