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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Soon, schools would be inundated with sales pitches from edtech companies, and it didn’t take long before they started pushing back against those that seemed predatory. For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Yet this reality seems not to have dampened investor enthusiasm for private edtech companies.

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60+ Great Educational Websites

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

That's how volatile the nature of the EdTech world is. That said, through my decade-long experience blogging and reviewing EdTech resources, I come to notice a common trend that I call 'outlier EdTech'. The latest trend in EdTech that I see currently gaining traction is Artificial Intelligence technologies.

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Why Your Financial Advisor Doesn’t Recommend Edtech Stocks

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I’m excited for the industry’s future, and I think we can make money investing in publicly-traded edtech companies. I think you’re wrong, so I propose a bet: We’ll both invest in a basket of stocks on January 1, 2012—mine representing the edtech industry, and yours the whole economy. My edtech portfolio was more difficult to assemble.

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Best Vocabulary Apps for Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today’s blog post I am sharing with you this handy collection of best vocabulary apps for students that I carefully curated based on my long standing experience as both language teacher and EdTech blogger. Each word comes with definitions and example sentences, providing a comprehensive understanding of its use.

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

eSchool News

Current areas of inquiry include artificial intelligence in education, the use of digital educational credentials and, more broadly, emerging edtech policies, initiatives, and institutions after the pandemic. 00:11:29 Speaker 2 Folks are having in the US, for example, or in some US schools that are represented there and share those.

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

For example, students graduating with a computer science degree might not know to code in real life. Companies like Chegg, eFollett, and BookRenter are offering new textbooks on rent for less than the price of a used book. Collaborate with Industry Experts: There seems to be a massive mismatch between employer needs and student skills.

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