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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. And Urdan says Duolingo brought a mobile-first approach to the sector.

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How to Gamify Professional Development

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MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 teachers can gamify their classroom. Because these experiences make learning entertaining and memorable, educators may be more likely to complete professional development exercises. Digital breakouts in conjunction with badging are a few of the best — and easiest — to implement.

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Meet the Edtech Grantees of Google’s $25 Million AI Impact Challenge

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Founded in 2013, the New York City-based organization offers web-based exercises that asks students to fix and improve sentences. Quill has recently expanded its exercises to focus on the use of conjunctions as a key mechanic to helping students write construct clear sentences. Another grant—$1.5

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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

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Here are some expert opinions on the four major trends of the year: SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Using the mobile and online technology already in place, students can better track and tailor their academic experiences ,” writes Lynch. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech.

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When Learning Goes Nomadic

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How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? The edtech seminar I'm teaching this semester recently explored the post-desktop world, and to get students thinking about the differences, I began with a quick exercise, asking them to rearrange the classroom into old-school rows. Hierarchy reasserted itself.

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Review: K–12 Classroom Furniture Gets Flexible with the Ergotron LearnFit

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For some students, lowering the desk so they can sit on a standard chair or exercise ball may be ideal. It was like having a mobile recording studio. . blogs and produces videos for EdTech magazine. Adjusting the height requires a simple squeeze of the handle, which is located on the front right side, underneath the table.

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Building Education Technology for the Developing World

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As Director of Growth at Zaya, Parida is learning how developing edtech for low-income India slums is quite different than working with American schools. As edtech moves into the developing world, there are new challenges when attempting to reach students in the lowest economic rungs. In India, the rate is 40 percent.