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30+ new tools and services we saw at ISTE 2019

eSchool News

Coding and robotics (check out our ISTE 2019 robotics round-up), social and emotional learning, and building employability skills were at the top of the many trends and focus areas highlighted during the conference. We’ve rounded up some of the biggest trends, news, and tools to help you organize your post-ISTE 2019 thoughts.

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Envisioning the personalized edtech of tomorrow

eSchool News

Before the pandemic, the trend for more personalized, learner-centric experiences in education already existed—the resulting lockdowns merely accelerated digital transformation, which continues to gain momentum across industries. Two exemplar enterprises that encapsulate this mindset are Amazon and Google.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

Edsurge

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) Procuring the LMS was purely an administrative decision, fueled by a desire to monitor school-wide trends to make resource allocation decisions.

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4 EdTech Ways to Differentiate in a Student-Centered Classroom

The Web20Classroom

Whenever a teacher reaches out to an individual or small group to vary his or her teaching in order to create the best learning experience possible, that teacher is differentiating instruction.” Each student comes to the classroom with a variety of past learning experiences, prior knowledge and individual learning needs and styles.

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Improving the Education of Kids in Poverty and Other Helpful News

The CoolCatTeacher

Hot Research, Trends, and Teacher Resources Today I’m going to be experimenting again with a news feature that I ran a few years back. I’ll summarize some of interesting research, trends, and helpful resources. Free Technology for Teachers: Google Expeditions is Possibly Coming to a School Near You.

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#06: The 6 Most Motivating Sketchnotes in Education Today

The CoolCatTeacher

Register for my free Differentiating Instruction with Technology webinar sponsored by SMART Learning Suite next Thursday, February 9 at 4pm. Free Webinar on Differentiated Instruction [link] technology. She and her students love Google Apps for Education and can’t imagine life without them. Sylvia Duckworth.

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Here’s Why Teachers Adopt New Tech — and Why They Don’t

Edsurge

It’s unfortunate: There’s a ton of great technology available to support teachers and enhance the learning experience and—if investment trends in edtech are any indication—we’ll see even more innovation in the upcoming years. Tom told me he has always incorporated a higher than average level of technology into his instruction.

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