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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Its goal is to not only provide schools the resources they need to pick equitable ed tech products, but also to hold ed tech companies accountable for tools that could negatively affect historically underrepresented students. Hebbar said tech companies’ claim that they don’t track race because of data privacy issues is a cop-out. “If

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

6) Immersive learning with the metaverse could be the future of workforce learning When exploring educational needs, a big topic of discussion is related to workforce training and ensuring that students leave school with the required skills to succeed in future employment.

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Scholarship Opportunity for Fully Accredited Online Courses

Teacher Reboot Camp

One of the many reasons I enjoy working with the team at Edtechnology Specialists is that the company believes in giving back. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! The courses are taught by education technology thought leaders and many are certified trainers, authors, teachers, and innovators.

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Scholarship Opportunity for Fully Accredited Online Courses

Teacher Reboot Camp

One of the many reasons I enjoy working with the team at Edtechnology Specialists is that the company believes in giving back. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! The courses are taught by education technology thought leaders and many are certified trainers, authors, teachers, and innovators.

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The Pandemic Makes Dyslexia a Greater Challenge. But We Know How to Solve It.

Edsurge

When researchers at my company, Lexplore, compared the fall 2019 and spring 2021 assessment results of more than 57,000 Swedish students in grades 2 to 6, they found that students in 2021 were, on average, 10 percentile points, or seven to eight months, behind the 2019 students in reading ability.

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COVID-19 Is Costing Visually Impaired Students Time That Can’t Be Made Up

Edsurge

On the flip side, technology caused stress in families where parents became navigators for students who could not use assistive technology independently. The tool might have been too confusing or taken too long to learn, she explains, or even required training by someone other than the student’s teacher.

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Top 10 Education Tech Trends in 2022

Kitaboo on EdTech

Every stage and element in the education sector has been transformed, from primary school to higher education and professional and vocational training. Moreover, with the rapid development of digital technology, education tech trends will continue to transform. . can now learn the same things from the comfort of their homes.

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