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Dear EdTech Companies, We Need To Talk. Sadly, EdTech Misunderstands the Best Way to Gain Saturation in the Classroom

TeacherCast

The post Dear EdTech Companies, We Need To Talk. Sadly, EdTech Misunderstands the Best Way to Gain Saturation in the Classroom appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Network. How do you do this?

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Edtech Companies Need to Engage Families Now

Digital Promise

How can edtech shift from a focus on district administrators and classroom educators to better understand families’ needs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic? In a recent EdWeek Market Brief webinar , presenters discussed survey and interview findings regarding parents and caregivers’ edtech needs at this time.

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Google Discreetly Acquires Edtech Analytics Company BrightBytes

Edsurge

Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company. BrightBytes has a powerful platform that can securely integrate various data sources effectively and efficiently to provide useful visualizations and real time data for education leaders,” a spokesperson for Google said in the company's email to EdSurge.

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Learning Designers Call for More User Testing of Edtech Products and Teaching Materials

Edsurge

These days there’s a wave of new edtech products hitting the market, and teachers and professors are increasingly making teaching videos and other materials for their classes. I get hired sometimes to write reading stories for kids in classrooms, and I get paid $80. But one group is often left out of the design process: students.

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Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers

Edsurge

And at least one edtech company is making a similar offer: Instructure, the learning management system provider that runs Canvas, is encouraging its employees to volunteer as substitute teachers for districts. Company officials say it became apparent during the pandemic that school administrators couldn’t get substitutes fast enough.

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One of the World’s Best-Funded Edtech Companies Is Investing In AI Moonshots. Can It Work?

Edsurge

The Indian edtech giant Byju’s keeps getting bigger , having raised more than $4.5 This month the company made clear its ambitious research agenda: to achieve the science-fiction dream of building next-generation teaching aids with artificial intelligence. Hill said the Indian company could become a formidable competitor in the U.S.

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9 EdTech Ideas to Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Teachers are looking for easy and helpful resources, and right now with so much going on searching for the best solutions can be overwhelming, and Rachelle is a great resource to tap into for all things EdTech. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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