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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Lessons Learned from a Year of Virtual School

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During the Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Release of the National Research Findings, Dr. Evans, along with a panel of K-12 student voices, discussed findings from this year’s Speak Up Research Project. She was named in 2020 as the winner of EdTech Digest’s National Leader award. She also previously served as the Sr.

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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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It aims to make it easier to instruct and discover a class on Facebook pic.twitter.com/L0BvBuTXkM — Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) January 21, 2021. Either way, Meta’s possible entrance into the market plays into a long-standing fear of big tech in the edtech industry. The service is an extension of the company’s paid live events feature.

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What Will Online Learning Look Like in 10 Years? Zoom Has Some Ideas

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While post-pandemic growth has slowed as schools resume in-person learning, the company is still flush with cash, reporting over $1 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2021. We’re able to break those visual and auditory and linguistic boundaries and things like real time translation really just scratch the surface.”

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The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Fractus Learning

TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) covers any topic in short but powerful talks lasting 18 minutes or less in more than 110 languages. Conversations cover topics like technology, nature, the future, personal growth, society, collaboration, and more. Interactive Whiteboard Edtech Tools. Doceri For iPad. ShowMe iPad App.

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Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online

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Parent builds edtech. It was started by one of the co-founders of Blackboard, now a household name in education technology. The platform is currently only available through invitation, and it will only be publicly launched sometime in early 2021, according to Avida. Remote classes falter. Child is disengaged.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. If not, why not?

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