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Buying or Building Research-Backed Edtech? The Government Can Help

Edsurge

The only other education technology company present, out of 45 total recipients, is Agile Mind , which develops online math and science curriculum and assessments. Analytic Measures (reading assessment). EdSurge (edtech product discovery). Early Learning Labs (language assessment). 2016 SBIR Awardees. Fablevision, Inc.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

Edtech, I believe, is going through a similar rebuilding moment powered by three trends: widely available infrastructure, the catalytic impact of spending by both the government and philanthropy in education, and—finally—the embrace of edtech by educational institutions and educators themselves. Not yet convinced?

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

VICKI: Happy edtech tool Tuesday. So John, what is our edtech tool today? JOHN: Our edtech tool today is a tool that is totally free. Because fill in the blank is fill in the blank, whether you will use edtech or not. We have John Corippo, @jcorippo. It needs literally less than three minutes of PD.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S. ” How would the program operate?

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Against the 3A’s of EdTech: AI, Analytics, and Adaptive Technologies in Education

ProfHacker

I have struggled in the past to explain my views on this to a subset of computer scientists I know (my past professors and others in edtech) who don’t normally think critically about education, and perhaps the ones who do think critically about education can give me feedback on how to make this clearer. Tell us in the comments!

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Google Adds New Classroom Features. Use Them Responsibly.

techlearning

All the MCU fans out there know that this phrase was first used in the 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 issue and then later by Uncle Ben in the 2002 Spiderman movie. Like any edtech tool or feature, these new Classroom additions can be abused, focusing not on historical thinking skills but low level learning. 7 Free Edtech Things.

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Impero Software’s $2.5 Million “School Online Safety Grant” Helps Schools Meet Safety Recommendations

techlearning

30, 2018 by visiting [link] The School Online Safety Grant is designed to help schools and districts meet the new recommendations on assessing threat and defining behaviors as outlined in the Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model and K-12 School Security safety guide from the Department of Homeland Security.

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