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How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Kids?

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The digital divide between rich and poor students isn’t what it used to be. We talked to them about the race to equip students with devices, the role that content plays in the overall equation, what schools with limited resources should know about these trends and what’s in store for the future. Here’s what they shared with us.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We Safely getting back to the classroom requires many new precautions, and in 2021, innovations in technology such as digital signage software and content management will play a major role. Patrick Quinn, Parenting Expert, Brainly. .

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

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Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Smart transportation, and VR, among others.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. for Robotics Contest.” Sensing a trend here? Via The New York Times : “To Close Digital Divide, Microsoft to Harness Unused Television Channels.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Education in the Courts. Contests and Awards.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” Um, they do.) But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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Education Technology's Inequalities

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Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.” “We will literally predict their life outcomes,” claims one scientist.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ For-Profit College Attendance Linked to Poor Financial Outcomes.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Futurism.com : “Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job.” Via The College Board : “Trends in College Pricing 2018.”