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8 Epic Edtech Tools to Try This School Year

The CoolCatTeacher

He was a high school social studies teacher before becoming a full-time technology integration specialist. In addition to his work in schools, Richard has been a consultant to some of the largest companies in the educational technology industry.

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

Edsurge

It turns out, one of the world’s most-cited educational researchers, Richard Mayer , is working on a series of studies looking at what kind of computer-generated voices and images are most engaging to learners and lead to the best outcomes. How do we create online tutors who are approachable and we want to learn from?’”

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Meet the 83-Year-Old App Developer Who Says Edtech Should Better Support Seniors

Edsurge

But through learning how to code, she believes that experience offers an even more important lesson to today’s education and technology companies: don’t forget about senior citizens. And while there’s a growing industry around serving adult learners in higher education, companies largely neglect to consider the needs of the elderly.

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Look Who’s Talking—Code.org Founder and CEO Hadi Partovi on the Hype and Hope of AI in edtech

eSchool News

And if you think about, for example, the smartphone, when the first iPhone came out, that iPhone looks prehistoric compared the version we got 10 years later. People don’t remember that the first iPhone. The App Store came after the iPhone. Tech companies aren’t necessarily the ones you know.

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7 Things to Know About Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: And Marina, from what I’ve read about young children and technology, the tactile piece is so important because so many adults don’t seem to understand the virtual world in an iPad or in an iPhone or whatever. Try to integrate into math, into science, into social studies, into language. Try to bring a playfulness into coding.

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Easy, painless ways to help your kids with their homework

Neo LMS

As long as you have a free corner of the room, you can squeeze in a small desk for your child to sit and do homework or study while you keep watch. A quick Google search will provide many websites and companies, such as Tech Rocket , which specialize in online learning for kids. Get digital.

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Ex Google Play Marketing Chief Hired to Help Students Enter "Workplace of the Future"

Educational Technology Guy

Course Hero, now led by a new CMO - former Google Play Marketing chief, Patrick Mork - wants to also bet on students, by democratizing access to study materials: its 12.5M To help accelerate this growth and scale the company's marketing and partnerships team, the company recently hired Patrick Mork as its new Chief Marketing Officer.

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