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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When I embarked on my teaching journey back in 2003, the landscape of the classroom was quite different from what we see today. It’s a transformation that’s been largely driven by the unprecedented pace of technological advancement. The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly. And guess what?

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Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Lessons Learned from a Year of Virtual School

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Since 2003, Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up has collected data on the important issues facing schools. Putting education equity front and center: Beyond technology access, the pandemic school year highlighted the need for all students to receive the support they need to reach their learning potential. She also previously served as the Sr.

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

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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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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow." I mean forgetting what happened five, ten years ago.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

More than 340,000 students, educators and parents have “spoken” so far as part of this year’s Speak Up surveys about how they use – and how they would like to use – technology for learning. One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003].

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Parchment Merges with Credentials Solutions to Take On Transcripts and Certifications

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Pittinsky also co-founded learning management services company Blackboard before co-founding Parchment in 2003. In this video from the 2014 ASU-GSV education conference, Matthew Pittinsky explains the thinking behind his company Parchment. Based in Scottsdale, Ariz.,

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New Markets Venture Partner’s Latest Edtech Fund Closes at $68 Million

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When New Markets Venture Partners first began fundraising for its second education technology investment fund, Barack Obama was in office, Brexit for up for debate and iPhones still had headphone jacks. To date, New Markets has invested nearly $30 million across 23 education technology companies since its founding in 2003.

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