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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools. Products that use voice assistant technology to measure a student’s language comprehension and creation skills are one example.

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

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The challenges faced by most students and families reeling from the shift to online learning was heightened for children with visual impairments, says Rosenblum, many of whom have additional special needs. He fixed the disruptive feedback caused by microphones in classes with both in-person and remote students. and Canada.

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Top 10 Education Tech Trends in 2022

Kitaboo on EdTech

Edtech features like online learning, digital modules, instructional videos & presentations, and much more allow learners to access learning material anytime and anywhere. . Personalized Learning . Edtech has worked immensely in tailoring personalized learning for each student.

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Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. Can teachers figure out how best to use it?

The Hechinger Report

Kaswell — now in his tenth year teaching at MS 88 , a large middle school in the South Slope section of Brooklyn — has always been drawn to combining face-to-face instruction with online learning. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning. Dr. Sean J.

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Movie magic could be used to translate for the deaf

The Hechinger Report

Matt Huenerfauth (right), director of the Linguistic and Assistive Technologies Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology, records video and motion-capture data from someone performing American Sign Language (ASL). His laboratory is developing software to animate ASL avatars. Photo: John Myer.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

She has served on the board of the United States Distance Learning Association and has conducted research for the International Association for K–12 Online Learning (iNACOL). Dr. Ayanna Howard is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Zyrobotics, an educational technology company, and the Linda J. and Mark C.

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The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now

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Pop-up social media spaces and hashtags, such as #remoteteaching , #CovidCampus , and the Educator Temporary School Closure for Online Learning Facebook group, feature numerous posts and discussions about digital tools, resources, and apps for remote teaching. While there are many additional features to explore for accessibility (e.g.,