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How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics

EdTech Magazine

Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:01. McKinsey & Company notes that Gen Z is composed of digital natives who prioritize unique identity and are rooted in the “search for the truth.” . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how education robotics companies are invigorating K–12 learning. New Learning Styles Offer Different Types of Learning.

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6 Tips for making the most of ed tech exhibitions

Neo LMS

The NEO team will be heading to London next week to attend The BETT Show 2019 , between January 23-26. So besides packing their bags, laptops, agendas and passports, teachers can do a little extra something: their pre conference homework. To offer more personalized learning? Heading to Bett 2019?

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Renaissance and Nearpod, Coming Together to Empower Teachers and Accelerate Student Growth

eSchool News

In 2019, Nearpod acquired Flocabulary , a learning platform that engages students in academically rigorous K–12 concepts while promoting literacy through hip-hop videos. billion real-time insights into student learning. Existing Renaissance customers can look forward to learning more about Nearpod in the months ahead.

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

Edsurge

As we took notes on our $2000 laptops, those stats seemed too far off. Personalized learning technology that dynamically adapts to student needs while offering teachers real-time insight into each student’s performance has been proven to increase student achievement. But the consultant was right.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.”

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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments.

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‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

The Hechinger Report

40 percent — The number of first grade students “well below grade level” in reading in 2020, compared with 27 percent in 2019, according to Amplify Education Inc. Related : What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read. In 2019, 95 percent of Doss’ students passed the state reading assessment.