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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

Gone are the days when teachers had to drag TVs into classrooms to let students watch films. Now, nearly every classroom is at least equipped with a screen and projector. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.), Video-assisted Learning. AR & VR.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

.” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo?

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Week of July 25, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join us as we talk about features in the Blackboard Collaborate online classroom. No homework, no assignments, no cost—just an hour online, once a month to listen, share and discuss technology tools for your classroom, websites and more. Learn how edmodo, wikis and web tools are used to engage students from years 5 to 9.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

But before the 1980s and since, many education technologists have been convinced that tutoring is the best form of instruction – far, far surpassing “traditional” classroom instruction – and that the only way that we can reach the goal of one tutor per child is to use the computer as the tutor. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Week's Events - GlobalEd Waitlist - CoSN - Google Forms - Breaking Down Library Walls - Better Than College - OZeLive Kudos

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Saturday, March 1st at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Google Forms in the Classrooms , Classroom 2.0 Monday, March 3rd at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe: Breaking Down Library Walls , Learn how to use Google Hangout and Edmodo and more to break down the library walls and connect with other people from around the world. Read more here.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via the IBM press release : “How Watson Education , Scholastic and Edmodo are using AI to close the learning gap.” “Digital Devices in the Classroom Can Hinder Long-Term Retention ,” says Edsurge. " But hey. PR gonna PR.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via KMOV , news from Montville High in Montville, Connecticut : “ Substitute teacher arrested for starting ‘ fight club ’ in classroom.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Chronicle of Higher Education lists “Pros and Cons of Virtual Reality in the Classroom.”