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Free Conference! Design and Delivery in a Blended Learning Jungle

The CoolCatTeacher

Blended Learning. Edtech Differentiation in the Writing Classroom. Shaelynn Farnsworth will help us understand how edtech tools and the learning analytics they provide will help us reach our students (and differentiate.) Math, Google, and Projects. She’ll have practical, real-world examples for us.

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Otus - LMS, Data Management and Assessment Management, all in one easy-to-use product

Educational Technology Guy

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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback. Buying Cycle.

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Against the 3A’s of EdTech: AI, Analytics, and Adaptive Technologies in Education

ProfHacker

I can see evidence around me that AI (Artificial Intelligence), Analytics and Adaptive Learning are being pushed in the education field, but I have a strong aversion to all of them, mainly on ethical grounds. For example, learning analytics may look at how many times someone has watched a video and for how long.

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Why Aren’t Schools Using the Apps They Pay For?

Edsurge

School leaders expect students and teachers to be using their licensed apps all the time, says Ryan Baker, director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Learning Analytics. The top five apps with the most licenses purchased are ConnectEd, Achieve3000, WeVideo, Blender Learn Discovery and Education Streaming Plus.

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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

EdTech4Beginners

This is already happening a lot in the US and Canada but we’ll see a move towards this throughout the rest of the markets Texthelp operate in as well, where people will move to outsourced storage, provisioning by Google and so on. They can hop on a Google Hangout and work on joint projects with students around the world.

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Can Online Education Lower Costs and Improve Quality?

Edsurge

Not everyone thinks that’s possible, of course, and even Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida, admits that edtech can spark plenty of new ethical challenges along the way. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen.