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Edtech Trends From 2020 And Beyond

Ask a Tech Teacher

So, in this article, I’m going to share my thoughts and experience about the technologies and solutions that reshape the educational industry and the way we learn in 2020 and beyond. However, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the global lockdown, distance learning became vital in 2020. 6 Edtech Trends to Keep an Eye On.

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Nurturing a media literate next generation

Neo LMS

Read more: The 9 elements of Digital Citizenship your students need to know. Relationships and Health Education will now (finally) be statutory in all British primary schools from September 2020. Read more: Teaching empathy for better learning outcomes. Changing curriculums.

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Beyond connectivity: using technology to support learner equity and access

Hapara

Unfortunately, between 15 and 16 million K — 12 learners and 400,000 educators in the United States lacked adequate connectivity , a device or both in 2020. To help the country close this digital divide, a goal of meeting or exceeding internet access at speeds of at least one megabit per second (Mbps) per student was set by the FCC.

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Esports Emerge as Learning and Social Catalyst in Schools

edWeb.net

Colleges actively recruit gamers for their esports teams ( more than 170 colleges and universities participate in competitive gaming), courting them with substantial scholarships, which could total $100 million in 2020. What goals and outcomes do you want it to address? Millions of people worldwide follow esports.

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Integrating Media Literacy with Project-Based Learning and a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

edWeb.net

Students can then proceed to evaluate information, examine different perspectives, determine appropriate decisions, and discuss potential outcomes, including unintended consequences. Ebonee Rice joined the News Literacy Project (NLP) in April 2020 as Vice President of NLP’s Educator Network.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. JULY 19, 2020 · 1:26 AM | EDIT. What were the positive unintended outcomes from the Coronavirus time period and how can educators identify and capitalize on them? JUNE 28, 2020 · 7:23 PM | EDIT. JUNE 9, 2020 · 3:18 AM | EDIT.

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Can You Feel It?

Reflections

Learning about academic expectations, digital citizenship, and even about what after school clubs and groups he could join was incredibly helpful. Surely, that was not the intention of Freshman Orientation but it was certainly an outcome. By the end of the night, I had nearly none!