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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Wally Clipper, has a great run-down on 8 trends you’ll want to watch in 2020: 8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020. Technology has vastly disrupted and improved numerous sectors around the world, be it the government and banking, or retail and marketing. Video-assisted Learning. 3D Printing.

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Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?

Edsurge

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company. Students across the U.S.

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What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire U.S. Edtech Companies?

Edsurge

Between the creation of a social rating system and street cameras with facial recognition capabilities, technology reports coming out of China have raised serious concerns for privacy advocates. Edmodo began shifting to an advertising model last year , after years of struggling to generate revenue. million earlier this month.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others. These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks).

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60+ Great Educational Websites

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The world of educational technology is evolving meteorically and what is relevant today might be irrelevant next month. That's how volatile the nature of the EdTech world is. That said, through my decade-long experience blogging and reviewing EdTech resources, I come to notice a common trend that I call 'outlier EdTech'.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others. These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks).

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Massive Data Breaches, Billions in Wasted Funds: Who Is Holding Edtech Vendors Accountable?

Edsurge

We were victims of the FAFSA breach, now we are victims again with Edmodo. Since then a slew of security breaches and malicious data hacks have hit educational institutions, including K-12 districts and their technology providers. Most recently, one of the most widely-used education technology companies, Edmodo, had records for.

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