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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

This year, as schools moved to online learning and teachers scrambled to adjust their curriculum, many teachers, students, and parents gained new appreciation for the value of self-care. You may want to include assignments that help students manage stress and make time for your own self-care as a teacher. Gamification.

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Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 15

Discovery Education

and student behavior with the goal of increasing employee satisfaction. Learn More Learn More --> Can Gamification Turn the Tide Against Declining Enrollment? There’s a role for gamification in K-12 education, too! Plus, John shared some tips on how he thinks the private sector can support teachers!

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How to Re-Energize Disconnected Classroom Participants

EmergingEdTech

But one of the most crucial concerns for today’s educators is student engagement. While most educators recognize that student engagement is core to their mission, there are many indications that this is becoming harder to achieve. They know that their learning engagement matters. The pandemic had an erosive effect.

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7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

In 2021, edtech companies continued to connect students, educators and families all over the world, resulting in another record year of investments, mergers and acquisitions and global expansion like never before.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Look at this course.

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Top 10 Digital Tools for the Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

A quick scan of the EdTech Top 40 – Fall 22 Report reveals that teachers in the United States used almost 148 digital tools, while students used nearly 143 digital tools in the school year 2021–22. GoSoapBox is preferred by teachers managing large classes of 100+ students.

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How This Startup Leverages Games to Create a Love for the Natural Sciences

Edsurge

Games and gamification are not new to education. Even before the more recent growth of the edtech industry, educators have routinely created games and interactive challenges in order to get students engaged with subjects ranging from math and logic to history and reading.

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