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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. from the MIT Media Lab and has been working on design of educational materials for more than a decade, said it’s not that edtech companies don’t do any testing.

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Engagement & Edtech in Social Studies

The CoolCatTeacher

Dustin Harnish inspires social studies teachers From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter You can blend old fashioned relationships with modern edtech if you know how. Let’s engage kids and use edtech in social studies. Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses. We can reach kids!

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Wakelet and WeVideo: Powerful Distance Learning Edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

What better way to understand online learning than to take your summer PD online through Advancement Courses? With Advancement Courses , you never stop learning. They offer over 280 graduate-level PD courses in 20 different subjects — all self-paced with up to six months to complete. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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4 Emerging Edtech Trends in 2020

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses. Choose from over 240 online graduate-level PD courses in 19 subject areas that are self-paced with up to six months to complete. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and save 20% off each course by using the code COOL20. That’s just $120 per graduate credit hour or $160 for 50 clock hours.

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The Future of EdTech

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s guest, Al Kingsley, has worked with edtech for over thirty years. Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Also, you can save 20% off your next course by using the code CAT20. Thank you advancement courses for sponsoring today’s show.

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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

Edsurge

Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. CLAS.U), a special purpose acquisition company headed by CEO Michael Moe, raised $225 million in its IPO. At the top of the iceberg, above the water, are the public companies, and that’s pretty limited.

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How edtech supports teacher work-life balance and wellbeing

Neo LMS

One of the greatest lessons I learned as a former educator turned e-learning company leader is that an organization is only as successful as its employees. Why edtech is needed for teacher work-life balance and wellbeing. One of these changes is edtech. Read more: How edtech strengthens parental engagement in online learning.

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