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What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

As I see it, such platforms fall on a spectrum, and for our purposes, can analogously be compared to in-the-flesh educators: Platform as Specialist : This is an adaptive learning platform (like Lexia Core5 or DreamBox ) that teaches discrete skills, usually in response to pre-assessed learning gaps.

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7 Shifts To Create A Classroom Of The Future

TeachThought - Learn better.

What are students learning, why are they learning it, and what are they doing with what they know? In short, the shift from purely academic standards to critical thinking habits supports personalized, 21st century learning through a preceding shift from institution to learner. Connectivism.