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

Edsurge

Working as an entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist and investor over the past few decades, at some of the very organizations Watters bemoans, I’ve had a unique vantage point for observing numerous successes, failures and—most importantly—long-term trends that make me optimistic about the next wave of education innovation.

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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Nevertheless, an article published in the International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications one year later in 2010 uncovered that 88% of teaching professionals saw a need for integration of the service. Results can be then assessed and graded accordingly, which facilitates the overall learning experience immensely.

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A Single Sign-On Platform Revolutionized How This District Uses Tech—and Saved $120,000

Edsurge

That’s how Aleigha Henderson-Rosser describes the technical issues around access to digital learning resources when she joined Atlanta Public Schools (APS) in 2010 as Executive Director of Instructional Technology. But the first step was making it easy for teachers, students, and staff to access that software. They’re narrating books.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

Edsurge

As we bid farewell to the teenage years of the 21st century, we posed these questions and others to longtime industry entrepreneurs, analysts and stakeholders about the highs and lows, wins and woes of the past decade. They have serious, well-informed concerns about what are the right ways and wrong ways to use tech in the classroom.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.” Good for you. But that’s not my job.

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5 Things to try in 2010

The Electric Educator

Here are my teaching goals for 2010: 1. The development of Google Docs has made reverse instruction even easier as PowerPoint presentations can be quickly uploaded and shared with the world. I simply upload my PowerPoint lectures to Google Docs and embedded the presentations in my schools Wiki. This needs to change.

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Is it time to say goodbye to textbooks?

eSchool News

eSchool News recently spoke with Matthew Glotzbach, chief executive officer of Quizlet , the extremely popular site that offers tools for students to make flashcards and study sets, about the future of textbooks. Those of us in the industry have all heard about the impending “death of the textbook.” Fast-forward to today.

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