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

Edsurge

Our team has interviewed and observed hundreds of teachers from across the country to learn where technology is falling short in their classrooms and where teachers need additional support to take their instructional practice to the next level. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. An enthusiastic teacher who has mastered pedagogy, content, and reinforcement schedules and is passionate about student learning and success is the only true silver bullet.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. District leaders are hungry for these sorts of examples.”.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

Now, with learning back in person in many places in the country, Lindsay’s experience keeping kids mostly on track, even during the most chaotic of times, offers lessons to other districts. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Students on a break at Lindsay High School.

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The End of the Promise of Personalized Learning?

EdNews Daily

In other words, the benefits of target marketing, also known as profiling-and-pushing-messages for helpful learning programs for users could be enormous. Saving Personalized Learning. Anonymized means targeters do not see names but can message/advertise to specific groups of users based on educational interests or needs.

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We Know SEL Skills Are Important, So How the Heck Do We Measure Them?

Edsurge

At Nueva, when it comes to assessment, standards-based grading is king. They include not just academic standards, but several teacher-selected “habits”: responsibility, curiosity, creativity, and self-improvement. The K-12 school replaced traditional grades for holistic rubrics four years ago. In other words, SEL competencies.

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Trouble With the Curve: Estimating the Size and Growth Rates of K-12 Markets

Edsurge

For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). The fit of your company and product for the particular region. delivery, service, etc.)?