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EdTech definitions every teacher should know: Part 1

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It occured to me that not only are the wide variety of acronyms found in the world of EdTech confusing ( I did a post on organizations in that regard ), but indeed there is quite a bit of overlap — as well as misuse — of terms that can make navigating the literature (in particular online literature) on the subject of EdTech confusing and unhelpful.

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The Big 3's War Over EDU: A Comparison of Apple, Google, and Microsoft

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The online portal might work, but it is going to have to be a simple as Google Drive with an easy tie to email for it to work. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are quality pieces of software, but the lack of them on anything other than Mac means adoption will be low. The pain points are just too high for that.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

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But the pair also didn’t want to reduce collaboration online to a dry, empty Google Doc, either. As one educator writes about their experience with the tool, there are no individual user profiles, no way to collect likes and no followers — basically, no emphasis on comparison. This was in early 2019. Quizizz is embodying this shift.

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The Refurbishing of Artificial Intelligence

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Passing off someone's work has always been cheating, whether you Google an essay and pretend it's your own, or when a machine (or human!) Or the beginning of Google Search, when we all were ablaze with Boolean operators and the power of a well-placed parenthesis or quote mark? From the website Explain Like I'm Five.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Verge : “ Aflac ’s toy robot for kids facing cancer is the smartest toy of all.” 56% are white.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. (National) Education Politics. Rural ones.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Techcrunch : “ Grasshopper , a learn-to-code app from Google ’s Area 120 incubator, goes live.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Udacity Offering 5,000 Scholarships for Nanodegree Programs.” ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.”