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Online Tutoring Companies Take Small Steps to Protect Student Safety

Edsurge

Some online tutoring companies have recently made changes to their platforms to better protect and promote students’ safety, especially as it pertains to online privacy, behavioral issues and parental discipline. Dozens of companies have since formed to offer a similar arrangement, fueled by well over a billion dollars in investment.

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Home Office Setup Ideas: The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up a Productive Workspace at Home

ViewSonic Education

Industry leaders such as Twitter, Mastercard, Shopify, and Zillow have already set the bar by offering permanent remote work options for their employees, with many other reputable firms allocating company funds for employee home offices. It’s easy to get caught up in the style and feel of a desk and forget the importance of ergonomics.

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10 Tips for teachers to make the most of ISTE

Neo LMS

Follow our guidelines to make the most of your ISTE experience! Besides packing your bags, laptops, agendas and passports, you should do what you’re always expecting your students to do — your pre conference homework: 1. Make sure you have your devices charged, whether it is your phone, tablet, laptop or all of them.

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Kids Are Spending More of Their Lives Online. Teachers Can Help Them Understand Why.

Edsurge

Companies such as Edpuzzle and Flipgrid provide interactive tools to actively engage students with academic content. Students should start to consider not only what they do online but why they’re reaching for their phone or laptop in the first place. instead of broad lectures (e.g.,

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

Edsurge

These guidelines are based on our years of experience designing and conducting studies to assess the impact of educational technology on learning and draw on what we have learned about sizing up products and their claims. A company or organization’s interests in positive findings can bias or lead to selective reporting about the findings.

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A Commitment to Confronting Our Bias and Privileges

Edsurge

But here are some guidelines that we at EdSurge will follow on this journey of exploring the concept of privilege, recognizing “white blindness,” and moving from conversations on listicles and Tweets, into practice in our office and in our work. Guideline #1: Recognize the implicit biases in our own work. What do our races afford us?

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3 Innovative Solutions to Combat #EdTech Issues #CDEtop30

The Innovative Educator

Three obstacles to successful integration of technology into teaching and learning include: 1 - Innovative educators often work in isolation 2 - Guidelines and policies for tech use are lawyer, not student or teacher, friendly 3 - Lack of tech expertise and funding for professional learning opportunities Do any of these sound familiar?