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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

Edsurge

We also suggest emailing researchers for access to journal articles that are behind paywalls. (If If no studies have been conducted, or if you are not provided access to them, then perhaps consider other edtech options that do have evidence.) Does the study design provide a compelling comparison group? Who did the research?

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Student and Teacher Motivational Needs in the School Setting

User Generated Education

These are your classic extroverts who love the company of others. It includes a comparison to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Empowerment is the “process by which individuals and groups gain power, access to resources and control over their own lives. Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Heutatgogy – a Continuum and Comparison.

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School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution 

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, with more than 11,000 ed tech products on the market and companies sometimes making extravagant claims about their effectiveness, it’s often impossible to determine which products work and which don’t. Because of these requirements, some companies opt out of partnering, said Ames. The onsite training is expensive.

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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

eSchool News

In the spring of 2020, we obtained unlimited licenses for the literacy program, which the company was offering at no charge due to the pandemic, and rostered all of our elementary and middle school students so they could use it at home. Easy access to valuable data. Better reading test scores.

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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Everything else pales in comparison. Last month, a lawsuit was filed by California parents alleging another online monitoring software company illegally collected students’ personal data, including location data, without their consent and sold it to third-party vendors.

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

eSchool News

Multiple independently conducted research studies have demonstrated that the efficacy of the program meets the criteria for ESSA Level 1 evidence, with students making accelerated literacy progress above and beyond the comparison groups. In addition, literary passages that are in the student workbooks are also available for download.

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How Digital Calendar Management Empowers Professors and Students

Edsurge

He discusses his own recent experiences, offering two encouraging takeaways: When office hours are held online, more students are showing up than ever before, and virtual access is especially beneficial for students who are balancing school and work, students with disabilities, students who do not live on campus and first-generation students.

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