Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

Integrating technology into instruction and learning is a way of life for educators today. But it can be a struggle to understand how to use classroom technology in meaningful ways. Each of these experts has a background in education, a unique voice and a passion for using technology in the classroom. Lindy Hockenbary.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. We see an explosion of startups.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 20, 2019

Quizlet , the studying tool he built in 2005, is now one of the most widely used education apps, claiming more than 50 million active users in 130 countries who have created over 300 million study sets. Sutherland, now Quizlet’s chief technology officer, says he didn’t think too much about a business plan back when he started.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

Without ignoring that much of what differentiates one school from another takes place below the surface, the desire to make schools look like high-tech office spaces might be just the latest demonstration that education has historically followed and reflected —rather than led—technological, political and economic change.

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User Generated Education

MAY 20, 2015

These technologies are seductive especially seeing all the press they get on social media, blogs, and Kickstarter. In an analysis of every MAKE magazine cover since the first issue in 2005–36 in all–Buechley found that the photos portrayed a “very narrow definition” of Maker activities. Changing Perceptions About the Stuff.

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Maker Movement Robotics Social Media Analysis 120

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Jim Beasley’s mission to upgrade Llano Independent School District’s network began when he first started working there in 2005. A telepresence robot that allowed a senior to participate in classes in real-time so that she could graduate on time, despite an extended absence.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 20, 2017

“Maker-educators” are mashing together technology with traditional arts and crafts, music, and the visual arts to let kids design, build, and invent. It’s a particularly good way to teach creative problem-solving in the STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. But not everyone is benefiting equally.

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