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Meet the 83-Year-Old App Developer Who Says Edtech Should Better Support Seniors

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In 1999, Wakamiya helped create the website Mellow Club—described as “a group for the aged, by the aged”—and later ran a digital archive called Mellow Denshoukan which contains personal histories from seniors who lived through World War II and the post-war period. In my case, I also wanted to make an iPhone app, so I learned Swift.

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Generative AI, Chat GPT, and Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

When AI Fails Training Data is Older I did ask Notion to summarize the top three articles in edtech with hyperlinks. Perhaps this is why edtech as a whole isn’t advocating the banning of ChatGPT. I received some great-sounding stuff on Microsoft Immersive reader and a new Google AR Service called “The Hidden World of National Parks.”

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12 multimedia learning tools for the classroom

eSchool News

Natural leaders may emerge during group work as part of a team presentation assignment. Related content: 20 top edtech tools. They can even start editing on iPhone or iPad, then finish on a Mac. Shy students may come out of their shells when allowed to give a presentation via blog post or podcast.

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New Markets Venture Partner’s Latest Edtech Fund Closes at $68 Million

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When New Markets Venture Partners first began fundraising for its second education technology investment fund, Barack Obama was in office, Brexit for up for debate and iPhones still had headphone jacks. It also gives the foundation a lens into the challenging realities of the edtech startup ecosystem. They last did so in 2013.)

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What One Startup Founder Learned in Her Quest to Change How Profs Communicate With Students

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Ten years ago, Pooja Sankar set out to build an edtech tool that gave shy students superpowers in their college courses. So it seemed like a good time to ask what she learned over the past decade, how COVID has changed teaching and what advice she has for other edtech entrepreneurs. program at Stanford University.

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How Educators are Using the Exclusive Social Media App Clubhouse

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When you open the app you’ll find one spot to search for users or clubs (which are like affinity groups) you’d like to follow, and a calendar of upcoming events based on the interests you selected when you first signed up. I began hearing the buzz around Clubhouse this fall and downloaded the app to my iPhone (it’s iOS only for now).

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Mobile Nations - great resources for all mobile OS's and devices

Educational Technology Guy

Mobile Nations is a group of web sites that each focus on a mobile operating systems. EdTech and IT personnel can find help information, reviews, and more to help them use these devices. iMore for iOS (iPhone and iPad) Windows Phone Central for Windows Phone/Mobile Android for Education Resources. Crackberry for Blackberry.

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