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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

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. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

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Why gamification works [Part 1]

Neo LMS

Candy Crush, a mobile gaming phenomenon, earns its makers, Swedish-based King Games, big money: $250 million in the company’s last declared quarter alone. Building on my curiosity about the way games like Candy Crush affect our minds, I thought we’d take a closer look at gamification. Gamification versus play.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

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. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

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Reinventing The School Desk: Tip Tap Tap And The Internet of Things

Fractus Learning

For example, in primary level teachers will prescribe printed textbooks and worksheet assessments. Gamification for Learning. For example, many of our applications are presented through a story narrative, where fun characters (Orla Owl, Zoe Zookeeper, and Chris the Conductor) ask students to help them to accomplish tasks.

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Future Trends Forum #9 with Gardner Campbell: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

In chat, Chris Lott observed acidly that “right now, success in most academic institutions is the worst kind of scrip in a declining company town.” For example, Martin Hawksey’s Twitter hashtag explorer. Answer: teachers are often afraid of technology not working (old examples: filmstrips, movie projectors failing).

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Future Trends Forum #9 with Gardner Campbell: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

In chat, Chris Lott observed acidly that “right now, success in most academic institutions is the worst kind of scrip in a declining company town.” For example, Martin Hawksey’s Twitter hashtag explorer. Answer: teachers are often afraid of technology not working (old examples: filmstrips, movie projectors failing).

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8 Fun Ways To Keep Math Learning Alive Through the Summer

MindShift

Valorie Salimpoor is a trained neuroscientist who consults for the educational gaming company Cignition and has insight into helping kids who struggle with fractions. For examples, her son loves Legos, so in addition to letting him build whatever he wants, she sometimes encourages him to make blueprints of what he’s planning to build.