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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.), Being a teacher and a learner today is awe-inspiring.

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Personalized Learning “Twister”: A Future of Learning Live Demo in Dallas

EdNews Daily

If you ask a dozen educators to define personalized learning, you’ll no doubt get some enthusiastic answers, and all twelve will probably be different. The new-school answer to the definition of personalized learning is markedly different. Teachers can afford the attention needed for catching some students up.

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What kids stand to lose if 2020 steals kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

I find the grief about the lost semester of school to virtual learning (the social interactions and experiences I can’t replicate at home) comes in waves and at unexpected times,” Parker said in her email. million — pre-pandemic prediction for 2020-21 kindergarten enrollment. We didn’t choose this,” she said.

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Social Media Success: Easy Strategies For Schools And Districts

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This podcast with Andrea Gribble will help school administrators and principals create a school social media strategy to drive engagement, build community, and enhance their organization's online presence. That's where this podcast comes in.

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Please Listen to Teachers: It’s Not Safe to Go Back to School Yet

Edsurge

I have been sensing that maybe the American public is being kept in the dark about certain things regarding this pandemic. After that, we'll learn to live with it. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/EtSjsbx22a — Lawrence Gostin (@LawrenceGostin) July 12, 2020. What do we do about educating children? That's likely w/ #Covid_19.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. Listen to your students: Listen to what your students know about technology. March 2020. Non-natives could be considered “digital immigrants.” Bowman, Sam.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires DoodleLearning

eSchool News

The United Kingdom-based DoodleLearning’s Math and English Language Arts products create personalized learning experiences that help improve students’ academic achievement and confidence. In October of 2020, Discovery Education acquired Mystery Science and in July of 2020, Discovery Education purchased Spiral.