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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Wally Clipper, has a great run-down on 8 trends you’ll want to watch in 2020: 8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020. While EdTech has been helping schools and other educational institutions a lot since it was introduced, its benefits have grown even more this year. AR & VR.

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10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2020

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Edtech Reviews. Here they are–my top 10 of 2020 (though I’ve skipped any that have to do with website reviews and tech tips because they’re covered in separate posts): Top Ten Hits. Here are the Top Ten Misses of 2020 –posts I thought were great, but you-all didn’t visit as much. Lesson plans.

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Why a Teacher-First Approach Is a Win for Edtech and Education

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Bearing that in mind, unless you've spent years in classrooms full of students, working against the demands of curriculum mandates, IEP or 504 modifications and state testing requirements, I implore you—each of my colleagues in edtech proffering your solutions to schools—to begin conversations by asking teachers what they need.

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Predictions for 2021: An Acceleration of 2020?

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Lest 2020 be forgot and never brought to mind—a hope more than a few of us hold—existing trends that accelerated during the pandemic will continue in 2021. If these three positive trends do indeed grow in 2021, then perhaps we will take a cup of kindness yet with us from 2020.

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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

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as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. Moe is best known as the co-founder of GSV, a constellation of investment, advisory, banking and educational services that’s backed some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Facebook. edtech startups raised $2.2 Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp.,

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‘Dear Mr. Zuckerberg’: Students Take Summit Learning Protests Directly to Facebook Chief

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On Thursday, hoping to send a stronger message, they took it all the way to the top, with a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This program grew out of Summit Public Schools, a network of 11 charter schools based in California and Washington, and soon caught the eye of Facebook, which lent engineers to help build the software.

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Taking You Higher: Don’t Miss These 40+ Higher-Ed Events Happening in 2019-2020

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And for higher-ed entrepreneurs in seek of industry mentorship, EdSurge will be organizing Immersion , our one-day bootcamp for edtech startups, in New York City on Sept. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter , and subscribe to our higher-ed newsletter, Next , to stay up to date on the latest news and opportunities.