The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 26, 2021

Join me and other education innovators on February 4, 2021 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Join me and other education leaders at the upcoming online conference Engage 2021 sponsored by Kognity. This post is sponsored by Kognity , sponsor of Engage 2021. Engage 2021 Topics.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

How might districts find edtech to support learning? As students and teachers return to school this fall, they will be using more technology than ever before. A study conducted in 2017 and published in June 2021 investigated how five school districts from Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools made edtech purchasing decisions.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2020

educators do not have enough experience, resources, or training to use technology in the most effective ways, with teachers at low-income schools particularly ill-prepared. Our new report presents findings from a survey of edtech coaches in the U.S. What did we learn about the role of edtech coaches during COVID-19 school closures?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

One of the most popular shows of 2018 was with Tom Mullaney on Google Jamboard so we’ve updated it for 2021! Google Jamboard 2021 – Hot Tips with Tom Mullaney. Tom’s education experience includes Special Education, Social Studies, and educational technology coaching in New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 15, 2022

While the connection between teachers and their students remains key, the right set of tools can link students to more options and turn the average K–12 classroom into a launch pad for a bright future. They believe technology can be a key tool for learning that helps students develop critical skills for the future.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The challenges of the past year for school teachers and administrators extend far beyond any one tool, tactic or subject matter concern. But together, those tools and tactics are key to helping solve the problems facing school districts around the country as they attempt to move forward with learning under unprecedented circumstances.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. I need to reiterate with my teachers that the tech tool itself isn't the be all, end all,” Ballard said. Amy Ballard, Ph.D.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

Education technology has good uses, but as we’ve moved through the pandemic, sometimes it may have been mis-implemented or implemented without teacher PD. Today’s guest, Al Kingsley, has worked with edtech for over thirty years. He shares observations on where education technology is and where it is going in the future.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. There exist major gaps in teacher knowledge and the availability of curricular tools to support this type of learning. As the U.S. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

These days there’s a wave of new edtech products hitting the market, and teachers and professors are increasingly making teaching videos and other materials for their classes. from the MIT Media Lab and has been working on design of educational materials for more than a decade, said it’s not that edtech companies don’t do any testing.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Here is where the reach, flexibility, and familiarity of educational technology (edtech) can be leveraged. Among the many potential benefits of edtech use in SEL is cultivating students’ agency in their own learning experiences. There is a ton of research, but very few tools that enable [personalized learning] to come to life.

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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s a look back at my top #EdTech picks of 2021: Alternatives to Google Expeditions, Meme Templates for Students and Teachers, Collaborative Brainstorming, Awesome Google Slides Templates, A Great Tool for Real-Time Communication, Collaboration, and Formative Assessment.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

Those are vital questions for education technology innovators as they build ventures, secure funding and expand their impact. After the pandemic, the edtech market exploded with new products and services, and investment flowed freely. billion in 2021. Global edtech funding plummeted 49 percent from 2021 to 2022, falling to $10.6

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While diverse edtech products promise innovation, they simultaneously pose challenges. Educators, learners, instructional technology coaches, and IT/edtech staff are grappling with the complexities of managing an ever-expanding arsenal of disconnected digital tools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

The best Instructional Technology Coaches are partners, culture leaders, encouragers, and easy to work with, says Dr. Katie Ritter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

There is a discrepancy in the types of educational technology tools that school administrators and teachers select, and teachers want more say, according to the results of a survey that ed tech company Clever conducted with 1,500 administrators and educators at the end of 2021.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on the K-12 edtech predictions educators and experts had for 2021–were they right? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. As the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

This will take many forms, from institutions evolving their operations to students optimizing their learning with technology to caregivers connecting directly with their children’s education through edtech services. Data is abundant and the key to today’s edtech solutions Data is critical to unlock the potential of edtech solutions.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Educational technology trends for 2022 look a bit different. In 2020 and 2021, educators pioneered ed tech tools for their classrooms at an overwhelming pace. In response, they are now seeing an increase in teachers and students who are burned out on technology.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2021

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. Prepare for more people to work and learn remotely with technology. Chipotle and others, Andrada added, will “focus more on enabling employees through technology.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

There’s no doubt that education technology or ‘EdTech’ is an important and fast-evolving entity in the digital age, and one that is having a dramatic impact on the quality of students’ learning. On a similar note, educational technologies are adaptable to the needs of students. between 2021 and 2026.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 18, 2021

The start of the new school year 2021-2022 comes amidst exceptional times as the entire world is still struggling to contain the nefarious effects of the current pandemic. Apparently, the.read more.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 18, 2021

The current pandemic has definitely created 'new realities' for us teachers and educators, as is the case for everybody else. It has shaped the way we teach in transformative ways, to say the least.read more.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2021

Now celebrating its eleventh year, the EdTech Digest Awards recognize people in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere. About Osmo for Schools. Osmo for Schools , a division of Tangible Play, Inc.,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In many ways, 2020 has been THE year of edtech. Technology experienced a meaningful surge in adoption by schools, districts and parents. The industry saw large capital inflows and more edtech “unicorns” than in any other prior year. As an edtech investor, 2020 was a great year. Edtech for Whom? To what end?

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Duolingo officially goes public today, with the app-based language tool now has a valuation of outstanding shares at about $3.7 And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

edtech: Information technology for K-12 public schools in America is a $760 billion sector, affecting over 50 million students. Many districts are small, and may only have a handful of staff for all of their technology operations. What schools can do, experts say, is to diligently vet the edtech they use.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 27, 2022

We live in a world where there is no shortage of technology and that also holds true for classroom technology. However, in the long run, only those study tools with innovative features and capabilities that reduce cognitive overload and facilitate personalized learning will survive the test of time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Some awesome changes have happened with Google Apps over summer 2021. Eric has been in education for 30 years, and currently serves as a Technology Integration Specialist for SPARCC in Canton, Ohio where he oversees G Suite for Education implementation, training, and support, as well as other technology integration initiatives.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. When schools reopened in 2021, Burkiett and her team decided to roll out the program across the district for students in kindergarten to third grade.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

In the last few months, AI-powered technologies like ChatGPT and BingAI have received a lot of attention for their potential to transform many aspects of our lives. Thoughtless expansion of tech tools into the classroom can exacerbate the discrimination Black and Hispanic students already face, experts warn. Subscribe today!

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Neo LMS

JULY 1, 2021

But what should we add to all these abilities in a highly technologized education system? Let’s see how edtech-related abilities should be included in training programs for teachers: Integrating edtech at all levels. Read more: 5 E-learning trends for 2021 and beyond. How should we train our future teachers? Conclusion.

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EmergingEdTech

APRIL 20, 2023

It is always a good time to review spending and look for possible savings United States schools spent over $27 billion on edtech in 2021. If your district is like many others, there’s plenty of opportunity to trim the fat in edtech budgets. Edtech companies sell edtech. Edtech partners support edtech users.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Braced for the next wave of edtech? Combine that with some of the dislocations triggered by COVID and students could be in for some radical changes in the tools that help them learn. The most recent player to step into the edtech spotlight is India’s Byju’s. We used to think about edtech globalization in one way—from the U.S.

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