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The Coronavirus’ Chilling Effect Hits Edtech Industry Conferences

Edsurge

spike in coronavirus cases, which currently numbers around 118 cases in 16 states , is leaving the edtech conference industry with an existential (if not quite Shakespearean) question at the start of its busy events season: to host or not to host? education or edtech event organizer has canceled or postponed their upcoming conferences.

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What the Edtech Industry Should Know About the Worst Parts of Remote Learning

Edsurge

She didn’t have a Gmail account, let alone familiarity with Google Classroom. Caregivers and teachers alike told us that they want conferences and check-ins to be about more than grades and disciplinary actions. Our family has become an ad hoc over-the-phone IT support unit.

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K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming

EdTech Magazine

Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. On the cusp of this burgeoning industry is cloud-based gaming, which TechCrunch calls the “new frontier.” K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming.

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CoSN 2018: K–12 Innovators Explore the New Age of Tech

EdTech Magazine

at the CoSN 2018 Annual Conference. With the theme of exponential change, thought leaders and presenters at the conference will focus on how to design learning for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. “We Bookmark our CoSN 2018 Annual Conference landing page to stay up to date. Content Subtype. CDW Activity ID.

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The Sky is Falling, or is it?

My Island View

If we look at the number of users of ChatGPT and consider that the United States is the country with the largest TikTok audience in the world by far, with over 143 million users, and Google has 4.3 When Google arrived on the scene, many educators were worried that kids could too easily google answers to their questions.

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Deepening Engagement with Students and Teachers of Color During COVID-19

Digital Promise

TSEP is an Oakland-based, social impact venture with Stanford University designed to address the lack of diversity in the tech industry through STEM pipeline programs for underrepresented students of color that lead to technical career pathways. Pre-COVID, students at the 2019 TSEP Overnight Camping Conference.

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Attitudes About Homeschooling May Get Unexpected Boost From a Year of Remote Learning

Edsurge

education conferences—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. It also struck the association and industry conferences that many execs and educators regularly attend. Former EdSurge Managing Editor Tony Wan and I created a Google Sheet on March 18, 2020, the “ U.S. And the pandemic year has taken a toll on U.S.

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