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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

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Many classroom doors have closed. While the pandemic has disrupted education much more than any Silicon Valley fad, it has also accelerated the kinds of technology adoption that the industry has long pined for. Software will reshape learning both in the classroom and out well beyond the pandemic.” In the first half of 2020, U.S.

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Missed TCEA? Here’s your ed-tech news recap

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Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Next page: More technology news from TCEA).

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

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What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms? And will we return to our classrooms to teach in the same manner as we did before COVID? Regardless of whether students are learning in the classroom, at home, or a combination of the two, students are in need of greater support during this time.

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Educators Get Creative To Serve Students With Disabilities

MindShift

” And it’s not all high technology. ” In just a few days, she convinced her district to purchase software from PresenceLearning, a company that works with hundreds of school districts offering live speech therapy, occupational therapy, and behavior and mental health services. What’s that going to look like?”

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

eSchool News

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Where Are We? Where Do We Go Next?” led by RDA expert Dr. Alan Coulter. Read more.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

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Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. — Babak D.

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