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A Siri for Higher Ed Aims to Boost Student Engagement

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They wanted a solution that would not only manage course content, but would “make the students an active part of the teaching and learning process.” They teamed up with Edtech Foundry to pilot Differ , which the company is building with the goal of tackling low student engagement, according to founder and CEO Kristian Collin Berge.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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What Separates a Good Blended Learning Program From a Bad One?

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One of the biggest indicators of a successful program is intentional technology use. Whether creating digital resources and activities or planning a large purchase of student devices, the technology should support the learning, not the other way around. But this component is also the most elusive.

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12 Practical Tips for Remote Learning During School Closures – SULS057

Shake Up Learning

As I learned many weeks ago from my interview with Jennifer Pearson , a teacher who had been teaching her students in China remotely for many weeks, this is NOT the time to throw a bunch of new tools at our teachers and students. If you were using Google Classroom, or another LMS before your school closed, great!

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Savvas Delivers Innovative Back-to-School Solutions to Help Teachers, Students and Families Succeed with Distance Learning

eSchool News

They include features specifically designed to help teachers seamlessly shift between in-person and remote learning, easily identify both learning gaps and the critical content from the previous grade to close them, as well as increase student engagement with immersive activities and simplified access to their digital content.

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Google EDU Releases Expeditions and ‘Cast for Education’ Apps, Introduces Quizzes to Google Forms

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Google Classroom currently has more than 10 million active student users, according to Jonathan Rochelle of the Google EDU team—which means that one in six classrooms in the United States use it, he says. Frustrated with how limiting your classroom projector is? But apparently 10 million isn’t enough for Google.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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There are plenty of hands-on sessions with practical tips to apply in the classroom. From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Here’s a look at the most popular topics in the proposals. 1:00 p.m.