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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true. A substantial part of the nation’s resources are being devoted to higher education,” Simon said. But at a university? “We

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

The CoolCatTeacher

Tune in to discover why esports might just be the missing piece in your educational toolkit and how you can start a program at your school. Danielle has 15 years of experience in Texas public education in both middle and high school, but will always identify as a middle school World Cultures teacher. from Texas Tech University.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

Educators will have to do something different for the 2021-22 school year to make up for those losses. And the pandemic’s fits and starts in instruction are unprecedented in the history of American public education and have affected students unevenly. There’s no silver bullet. No catch-up strategy can possibly benefit all students.

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8 Reasons to Create Interactive Textbooks for Engaging K-12 Students

Kitaboo on EdTech

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. Whitepaper: The State of Digital Content in Global K-12 Education. Make the Course Interesting with Gamification. Download Now!

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New learning environments

Learning with 'e's

Some debated the merits of MOOCs, high attrition rates and the legitimacy of participating without completing a course. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. One of the key discussion points was around the nature of these approaches and their effectiveness as learning environments. Unported License.

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

The Hechinger Report

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. Some educators and advocates have begun to argue that more shared information and pricing transparency would help schools save money.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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