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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?

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a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. Amy Ballard, Ph.D., I need to reiterate with my teachers that the tech tool itself isn't the be all, end all,” Ballard said.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

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But the reality is that there are not enough people with this background in the edtech industry. The journey into the edtech industry is different for everyone. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar. (Sorry, simply being a former student doesn’t count.) Class Clowns ” by Jonathan A.

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Underappreciated No More: A Free Edtech Platform Shines as Schools Go Remote

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And particularly for those teaching middle- and high-school students, tens of thousands have turned to one of the quietest but steadiest edtech entrepreneurs, Neeru Khosla. Khosla is the founder and CEO of CK-12 , the 30-person nonprofit that she started in 2007 to deliver free digital books, particularly on math and science topics.

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How to Improve Checks for Understanding

A Principal's Reflections

Hattie and Timperley (2007) identified these phases as feed-up, feedback, and feed-forward. One of my favorite edtech tools to accomplish this, where higher levels of thinking can be measured, is Formative. If there is not equitable access to technology, then Plickers is your best bet. Therein lies the key point of this post.

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Owl Ventures’ New $185M Edtech Fund Has Global Backers—and Ambitions

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Fueled by an explosion of broadband access, education software and, of course, the irresistible allure of financial returns, investors across the world want a slice of the U.S. edtech industry. Currently “some of the fastest-growing companies in the world, in terms of revenue, are edtech businesses,” claims Patterson.

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4 strategies to close the digital equity gap

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According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Related: 7 reasons why digital equity is a social justice issue.

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mSL CAPITA Introduces the Nation’s First Esports Fellowship, Making Esports More Accessible for Coaches and Educators

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We’ve developed this fellowship to make esports more relevant for schools and more accessible for sports organizations.”. mindSpark Learning, a Denver-based national nonprofit founded as Share Fair Nation in 2007 and rebranded in 2017, is the catalyst and intermediary between education and industry. About mSL CAPITA.