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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software.

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

Edsurge

At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

Edsurge

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. It proved useful in finding teachers to help develop our lesson plans, assessments and professional development. days each week. We covered topics such as number of U.S.

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MasteryConnect Cuts 30 Percent of Staff, Brings Co-Founder Mick Hewitt Back as CEO

Edsurge

MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services. K-12 edtech companies, with $741 million coming in 2015 alone. (

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How to Choose the Best Educational Software for Your Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Step 3 – Consider Individual Needs and Preferences Before selecting the best educational software , it is critical to assess that the software is suitable for the age group of learners.

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What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

The principal's students were in an alternative setting and the main delivery and assessment of content came from an online course platform. If I thought it was bad, I would have shut down Edtech Elixirs a long time ago! The issue is effectively working alongside a platform that is delivering instruction and assessing students.

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Who Should Bear the Cost of Data Interoperability in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

Progress reports go out on Thursday and the teachers are up in arms because they can’t enter scores into their online gradebook. And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. It connects with curriculum and assessment tools to gather evidence of learning.

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