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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?

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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. Everyone has some need for affiliation, but for many, this is a high need.

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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.

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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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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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In Coastal Alaska, 2 Visions for the Future of Higher Education

Edsurge

The move to remote instruction — long before that model caught on in higher ed more broadly — came about as the institution searched for a way to stay relevant and accessible to more students given its geographic isolation, Kraft explains. After all, Sitka is only reachable by plane or by boat, he says — and the ferry doesn’t come that often.

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Digital security and safeguarding student and staff data

Neo LMS

Technology advancements are constantly being made to ensure any system has the smallest possible chance of being accessed by people with malicious intent — and some have really impressive results — but things are not always perfect. There’s always room for improvement, on both these fronts. Even the most secure software can be hacked.

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