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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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Taking Student Voice Beyond The Classroom: Student Perspective

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We feel that most students and kids don’t get this opportunity because most companies do not see the potential in kids. They think we can’t help and I think more companies should do this. I feel that our position and opportunity is once in a lifetime and we are very excited and grateful for this opportunity. Our voices matter, too.

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Taking Student Voice Beyond The Classroom

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Slack , the massive communication company, had seen pictures of the stuff students were creating on Twitter. At the same time I started the Innovation Lab in 2016, I was invited to a gamification conference at UPenn. Every company is a tech company now, influenced by the pervasiveness of the internet and social media.

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Why We Need To Embrace eSports In Education

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When they talk next steps for their company, who is there to represent and protect our students? By embracing esports, we can provide a level of protection for our students and hold these companies accountable since schools will be part of the scene. Read more at Teched Up Teacher.

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Being ‘The Guide on the Side’ is not Enough. Become The COO.

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In the last five years of being the COO of the classroom, my students have remodeled their entire classroom , completed yearlong passion projects , turned a profit running real businesses , and worked with companies like Slack, Google, Microsoft, and Skype. Until Next Time, Here’s to a hundred more. Read more at Teched Up Teacher.

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What Student Passion Looks Like

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In FH Grows , 7th graders learn to be stewards of the environment while leveraging technology to help our garden and business grow. I have also learned how make a product and grow a company. Having the independence to do the business that YOU want not what anyone else wants. Also you get freedom to do things on your own.

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My favorite company to come out of Start Up Bus was Course Align. Rethinking Technology Classes – 25% of the money my students make goes to our student-run charity FH Gives. What this means, among other things, I have the funds to buy students the technology then need to be successful while working on the projects that they design.