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7 principles for AI in education

eSchool News

Released at an October event on Capitol Hill, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the leading trade association for the business of information, released Principles for the Future of AI in Education , which will help the edtech industry as it works alongside educators during AI-infused learning.

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Texthelp Names Industry Veteran Gus Schmedlen as Chief Revenue Officer

eSchool News

PRNewswire/ — Texthelp , a global leader in literacy and assistive technology, announced it has appointed Gus Schmedlen, Ed.D., Dr. Schmedlen brings over two decades of experience in the education technology sector to Texthelp. For more information on this news, please visit www.texthelp.com/about/press-release/.

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Thinking differently about dyslexia in the classroom: Part 1

Neo LMS

However, with the emergence of the industrial revolution – and the rapid advances of the printing press – education became less about artisans and apprentices, and more about encoding information in books, and being able to scale it to industrial levels across hundreds of schools. A turn of the tide.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena.

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

When used by police for surveillance purposes, the technology can lead to wrongful arrests or even deadly violence. In the housing industry , mortgage lenders vet borrowers by relying on algorithms that sometimes unfairly charge Black and Latino applicants higher interest rates.

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Top 10 Education Tech Trends in 2022

Kitaboo on EdTech

Before the onset of the global pandemic, the education industry was hesitantly playing with the idea of infusion of immersive technology. For instance, students with vision impairment can use assistive technologies like Braille screen readers and electronic magnifiers to access learning the same way any other student would. .

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena.

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