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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

Neo LMS

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. 5 New EdTech tools to watch. In this post, we will show you the top five new techno tools that you might use in your university. Online learning is an all-encompassing strategy that doesn’t consist of only one tool.

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. 2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ). 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al.,

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Engaging Students Right From the Start

User Generated Education

I, like many of you, have been doing remote teaching since March, 2020. In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. I am a student-centric, hands on/minds on teacher.

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Tips and Strategies to Talk about Race in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Practical Steps: Consider using tools like Harvard’s Implicit Association Test to explore unconscious biases, and actively seek to challenge them in your teaching. Use Media and Technology Thoughtfully In the age of technology, media can be a powerful tool in educating students about diversity and inclusion. link] Buchanan, L.

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Education Has a Three-Headed Crisis. Mental Health Is Only Part of It.

Edsurge

A year ago, I wrote “ The Next Pandemic: Mental Health ” for National Mental Health Month, published in May 2020 in EdSurge. Creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and emotional intelligence are the most-in-demand skills today, according to LinkedIn’s 2020 employer survey. It is now time to update this piece for 2021.

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A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee

The Hechinger Report

Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-K program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic achievement, discipline issues and special education referrals. The trend emerged by the end of third grade and was even more pronounced three years later.

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How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Edsurge

That translates into a broad suite of schools and services, starting with Guidepost Montessori , a network of early-childhood centers and elementary schools. He climbed up the ladder and became its CEO in 2009. In 2020, Higher Ground added 27 campuses to its network of schools. and China, serving roughly 7,000 students.

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