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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Research has shown that facial analysis algorithms and datasets perform poorly when examining the faces of women, Black and Brown people, the elderly and children. Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools. Take facial recognition technology.

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What Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2019 Mean for Education

EdTech Magazine

Augmented data analysis, blended digital tools and connected networks will reign among technology innovations in the coming year, according to IT analyst group Gartner’s top 10 tech trends of 2019. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out what administrators should consider when integrating new education technology! eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Why Investing in SEL Now May Be the Key to an Equitable Future

Edsurge

A recent meta analysis revealed that depression and anxiety in adolescents has doubled since pre-pandemic times and that mental health challenges have continued to worsen over the duration of the pandemic. While educators deemed SEL a top priority, the report found that only one percent of schools included SEL in their budgets.

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5 Ways K–12 Teachers Can Take a New Approach to Computational Thinking

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: K–12 teachers find creative ways to put computer science into their programs. Learner: Teaching computational thinking is as much a learning exercise for educators as it is for their students. Teachers will need to boost their own competencies in data analysis, abstraction and algorithm design.

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5 Clear Ways Digital Benefits Learners

A Principal's Reflections

There are many options to create and implement various forms of formative assessment, which measures progress in ongoing learning rather than endpoints. With instant data reporting and analysis, educators can respond more effectively to learner needs.

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Crunch the numbers—The latest and greatest data on edtech

eSchool News

Alongside , a clinician-powered and AI-enabled mental health solution, recently announced its first annual Pulling Back the Curtain on Youth Mental Health Report. The inaugural report aims to uncover timely factors contributing to the current teen mental health crisis as described by the app’s users—middle and high school students.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. Anastasia Betts, VP of Curriculum Planning & Design, Age of Learning. Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Scott Kinney, CEO, Discovery Education.

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