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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. Venture funding in the edtech sector has increased from $385 million in 2009 to an expected $2 billion this year. blended learning).

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

BLENDED LEARNING Any instruction that blends the use of computers with human teachers. PERSONALIZED LEARNING An instructional model in which each student studies at his or her own pace, often aided by technology. “The demand side is there,” said Howard Lurie, principal analyst at Eduventures. Educational Terms 101.