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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

Edsurge

Does the study design provide a compelling comparison group? It is essential to understand the comparison group (sometimes called the control group) because the strength of a research claim hinges on the extent to which there is a plausible comparison group. Who did the research? It is important to follow the money.

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AI in Schools: The Bias Dilemma

eSpark

OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT and the Dall-E image generator, has been particularly scrutinized since the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022. The company has had to address bias issues on the fly as its users surface unforeseen issues in their outputs, ranging from political ideologies to ethnic stereotypes.

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How Publicly Available Broadband Data Can Help Us Close the Connectivity Gap

Education Superhighway

A recent update to our free school broadband price comparison tool , makes it easy for service providers to see the landscape of the connectivity gap so they may identify areas where they can help close it. And in recent months, data has been essential to our defense of the E-rate program. ENSURING NATIONWIDE DATA ACCURACY.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

What’s more, for each of these choices, there are additional decisions about which media to use (video, audio, hands-on), whether to give concrete examples, and more. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. When buying specific software, administrators may have to purchase directly from one company.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. For example, this year our district launched the Exploration AI program to boost educators’ use and understanding of this emerging technology through self-directed, gamified learning. Today, over 2.9

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. For example, this year our district launched the Exploration AI program to boost educators’ use and understanding of this emerging technology through self-directed, gamified learning. Today, over 2.9

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