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Meet the Platform That ‘Gets to Know You’—and Cuts Test Prep Time in Half

Edsurge

Even when used in conjunction with a human tutor, adaptive technology can slash time and money spent on test prep. When Phan tutors his Asia-based students who hope to attend college in the US, he has them follow The Edge Prep curriculum and take the eight official SAT tests on Khan Academy.

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Meet the Platform That 'Gets to Know You'—and Cuts Test Prep Time in Half

Edsurge

Even when used in conjunction with a human tutor, adaptive technology can slash time and money spent on test prep. When Phan tutors his Asia-based students who hope to attend college in the US, he has them follow The Edge Prep curriculum and take the eight official SAT tests on Khan Academy.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

In a fast-moving field like education technology, it’s worth taking a moment to take stock of new developments, persistent trends and the challenges to effective tech implementation in real classrooms. This macro trend to shake up typical ways of schooling is opening new opportunities for technology to play an even bigger role in education.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? Yes, I know it''s not technology news, but somehow it''s indicative enough of other trends that I''m including it here.

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

Chromebook Idea Spark #3: Building Proportion Dolls Using G Suite, Khan Academy and Screencastify. Teachers can flip their classroom by using Google Forms to learn about ratios and proportions using Khan Academy videos and exercises. Learn more about ASSISTments. Khan Academy Kids.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

Edsurge

If students missed class or needed additional help, they could go to my website and access the day’s lesson as well as videos and digital exercises from YouTube and Khan Academy. Procuring the LMS was purely an administrative decision, fueled by a desire to monitor school-wide trends to make resource allocation decisions.

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?Are We Recreating Segregated Education Online?

Edsurge

Different industries have contributed to the trend. Increasingly, you can classify online learning initiatives as falling into one of two major camps: Content-Driven experiences emphasize what you’ll learn. Connection-Driven experiences emphasize who you’ll learn with and from.

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