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

Edsurge

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027), you will probably have these attributes: easy to get along with people, you have a deep sense of curiosity, and you like to learn new things. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

The Hechinger Report

There’s no playground, gym or running water and very little technology. billion people, India is second only to China in population, and will account for 25 percent of the world’s labor pool by 2030. In 2003, the Prerna Girls School began providing a low-cost option that has served over 5,000 girls from impoverished families.

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The looming decline of the public research university

The Hechinger Report

Four floors above a dull cinder-block lobby in a nondescript building at Ohio State University, the doors of a slow-moving elevator open on an unexpectedly futuristic 10,000-square-foot laboratory bristling with technology. China could catch up by 2030 based on current trends. It’s a reveal reminiscent of a James Bond movie.