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How Primary Students Can Use Technology Effectively

EdTech Magazine

Just as educational experts acknowledge technology’s role in early education, physicians and psychologists also recognize that spending too much time immersed in computers, smartphones or social media can have a negative impact on child development. K–12 Schools Get Started with Personalized Learning Tools.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. Nearpod seized an opportunity to help the classroom teacher deliver tailored lessons and assess learning in real time.

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The Fault Lines Between Sharing and Shilling for an Edtech Product

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The practice is widespread from top to bottom: Apple, Google and Microsoft train and certify teachers who demonstrate expertise with their wares. Clearly, the article has touched a nerve in the education community about the fault lines between preaching and pitching products. The tactic is not unique to education.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.) It’s a theme that runs throughout almost every article in this series.“Fake

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Although no doubt, Microsoft, now the owner of Minecraft, would like us all to repeat that particular storyline.) There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning,” we must imagine if we believe DeVos’s lyricism here, will be shinier. .

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? The third: lifelong learning. ” My favorite part of this article, I think, is where it boasts about how stable Ethiopia is these days.

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The Dilemma of Entrepreneurial Teachers With Brand Names

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And she recommends their wares to thousands of teachers who follow her on social media. “I After reading the article, I asked myself: What larger issues does the story of Kayla Delzer illustrate? She agrees to use their products in her classroom and give the companies feedback. I will embed it in my brand every day,” Ms.