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4 lessons the edtech industry should take from the pandemic

eSchool News

Within a few weeks, districts nationwide had canceled in-person classes, Chromebooks had sold out, and edtech companies were inundated as educators were forced to reinvent school in the digital space. It has been a year since we started shutting our schools and transitioning to remote learning.

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EdTech Success in LAUSD

eSchool News

It was even greater to hear it from industry veteran, Elliott Levine, Qualcomm’s Director of Worldwide Education, the company that commissioned the research from Project Tomorrow , and who always provides a great interview. Then there was the $95 million payroll system snafu back in 2008. And who can forget the $1.3

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3 Steps to a More Accessible Classroom

Graphite Blog

All my students were learning how to read, and the captions helped them connect the audio to the visual representation of text. Plus, the students who struggled with attention didn't miss out on any information since they could access the content through the voice-over, the visuals in the video, and the text in the captions.

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

This revolution hit the education industry in earnest in 2011, with the launch of the Chromebook to compete with Apple’s iPad. This meant that devices were somewhat affordable and that, potentially, every student could have access to one. Jobs’ launch of the iPhone in 2007 led to a revolution in mobile computing.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

eSchool News

Teachers can access the front office, enable daily communications campus-wide, or initiative an emergency alert from the touch of a button. With itopia Labs, educators can provide anytime, anywhere, any device access to software applications that students commonly use for Career Technical Education (CTE) and various certification programs.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016.

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Spotting the 2017 Trends That Fuel Edtech Innovation and Investments

Edsurge

Education technology spans a broad category of classroom tools, spanning corporate learning, language learning, digital learning content and more. For those that track this industry closely, the highlighted trends will not come as a surprise. There are 50 million students in US public schools).

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