Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

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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Hapara

AUGUST 16, 2023

If they build on the foundations of teaching, using new strategies and technology, they’ll be able to support the type of learners they have today. Educators can do this through consistent formative feedback based on academic standards so learners can progress toward more complex activities. The following are some examples.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2014

The next question gets asked just as often, said Guernsey, whose book Screen Time , looks at ways electronic media affect young children. “Is With all its bells, whistles, apps and toys, technology also creates anxiety for both parents and educators, and research is going to have to follow the charge ahead. Photo by Jennifer Dev.

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eSpark

APRIL 14, 2022

Students vote on what books they’d like to read as a class. How can technology build these connections? Most teachers simply don’t have enough time or energy to write rigorous lessons that both engage students and meet a diversity of academic needs. Guiding Questions: What are my students interested in? Interaction.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

of Education, author of 12 books including the recent Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Danger to Our Public Schools; Cindy Cisneros , Vice President of Education Programs at the Committee for Economic Development at The Conference Board; and Gavin Dykes , from England, Managing Director of Cellcove, Ltd.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

A growing corps of entrepreneurs, supported by record-setting investments in education, are creating new technologies, experimenting with business models, and living their own bouts of euphoria and terror. The State of the K-12 Sector The edtech boom of the past two decades promised efficacy and new instructional models.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

No, not to their wooden desks, blue books and plastic seats. Sigelman, of Burning Glass Technologies, captured this point succinctly: “40 percent of the skills required today for the same job are different than the skills required a decade ago.” About 1,200 adults in uniform went “Back to School” yesterday.

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