EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The conversation around how technology can enhance education can be a controversial topic, and that carries over into the tutoring industry as well. There is no better time than now to reflect on the ways tutors can leverage technology to enhance and scale their tutoring business. Business Management. Virtual Whiteboards.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

Even the biggest names in the education technology industry, awash in private capital, are seeking public support during the pandemic. Even an investment firm that has supported dozens of edtech startups appeared on the list. When school closures started happening, edtech companies started hurting for cash.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s a transformation that’s been largely driven by the unprecedented pace of technological advancement. Technological Integration The 21st-century classroom is unimaginable without the integration of technology, and soon AI (artificial intelligence). The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

CSEdWeek and The Hour of Code arrive December 3-9, 2018, and this annual event is bigger than ever. There are hundreds of free resources, lesson plans, tutorials and events that bring the power of coding into the K-12 classroom. Khan Academy tutorial: Learn how to draw with code (Javascript and ProcessingJS).

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Education technology accelerator programs are often studded with robotic kits or educational games. The four-month program is capped with a pitch night in front of edtech investors. Users can audio record their name pronunciation and share it in advance of events like commencement ceremonies, or before a first day of class.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With all the changes and challenges over the last year, one takeaway I keep reflecting on is how essential education technology has become to learning—and how quickly this transition occurred. I have long believed that edtech has the power to open up opportunities for students and change how educators teach.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Technology is everywhere and coding is the backbone of how it all works. Technology doesn’t always work out the way we want.”. Share photos and videos of your Hour of Code event on social media. There are hundreds of free resources, lesson plans, tutorials and events that bring the power of coding into the K-12 classroom.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 25, 2022

You need to engage in discussions, and contextual Q&A when doubts arise, be able to schedule and conduct virtual live events, and store recorded lectures. Look, if your technology investments are just cost-centers, it is only a matter of time before you are asked to look at diminishing budgets to buy more or even maintain what you have.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This month, TeachAI, an initiative led by Code.org, ETS, the International Society of Technology in Education, Khan Academy, and the World Economic Forum, launched an AI Guidance for Schools toolkit to help education systems globally address gaps in AI guidance and policy. Evaluation: Regularly assess the impacts of AI.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2018

So here are eight ed-tech organizations every teachers should know about: ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). ISTE describes itself as a community of educators passionate about technology. Focus: EdTech Access and Advocacy. ITEEA (International Technology and Engineering Educators Association).

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Students can write original, creative stories, biographies, retell a historical event, retell from a new perspective, tell a math word problem as a story, tell a story of a science experiment, etc. Chromebook Idea Spark #3: Building Proportion Dolls Using G Suite, Khan Academy and Screencastify. Khan Academy Kids.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Recently one of our fifth grade teachers, Alice Sikkema, was chosen to present in the poster sessions at Georgia Education Technology Conference (GaETC). One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. She rocked it! The students are introduced to the research process.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

The answer to these questions is yes, so said educational leaders and edtech specialists in an edLeader Panel, sponsored by Gaggle and CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate. They described how districts and schools successfully used sophisticated technology to read students’ “digital signals” to meet their academic and social-emotional needs.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Here’s a chronological roundup of stories that made the biggest bang on the edtech industry (and to a similar extent, our web traffic) in 2016. In the case of Teachscape, one of the rare edtech startups that’s stuck around for over a decade, its acquisition by Frontline Technologies marked the end of the road. A big difference?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Among the education highlights: Republican VP candidate Mike Pence made up a name for the university hosting the event. It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. A Techcrunch op-ed : “Why edtech can’t grow as much as healthtech.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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 organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” More in the courts section above on the charges filed against a person who shot a protestor at a Milo Yiannopoulos event at the University of Washington early this year. ” (Wow. This image speaks volumes.).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

” That is, she told college students at the event that “faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think.” Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Higher Learning Technologies ( HLT ) has acquired gWhiz.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. ” Testing, Testing… Khan Academy announces “Free LSAT Prep for All.” Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

“What Betsy DeVos means for edtech ,” according to venture capitalist Ryan Craig. ” And later in the week, also via The Washington Post : “ DeVos softens stance on protesters at higher ed event.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Pixar offers free online lessons in storytelling via Khan Academy.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. Apple had a big press event this week. See also, from the press release : “ ETS and LearnLaunch to Fund Edtech Startups.”

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