Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

spike in coronavirus cases, which currently numbers around 118 cases in 16 states , is leaving the edtech conference industry with an existential (if not quite Shakespearean) question at the start of its busy events season: to host or not to host? education or edtech event organizer has canceled or postponed their upcoming conferences.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out these five steps to a successful K–12 STEM program. Robots: The future of robots isn’t the actual devices, but what drives their development in the first place, Martinez said. Kelly is a senior editor with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education. 10 Ways Educators Can Improve STEAM Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. 6 Super Science Edtech Ideas. So by having them use that camera and use slow-motion and use annotation, you’re just focusing them back on the fact that science is visual and I need to report what I see.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

Often, my colleagues will come to me with requests for resources to overcome a certain classroom issue, and like in many school systems, among the biggest issues right now is a lack of student engagement. The Amazon Robotics: Fulfillment Center Virtual Career Tour is my favorite.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In recent years, we’ve seen huge growth in edtech as companies partner with educators to develop software and hardware that can support teaching and learning. Related : 5 edtech tools to save time this year The past three years erased decades of improvements in math and reading literacy across K-12 students.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

“These intelligent tools can adapt pacing based on the student’s ability … and provide targeted, corrective feedback in case the student makes mistakes, so that the student can learn from them,” states an eSchool News report released earlier this year. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

According to a 2018 research report , AI-based technologies are primed to grow within the edtech market by just under 47%. Once teachers have uploaded their syllabus and material into the software, the system analyzes the content to create books and core concept material that is perfectly tailored.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In their K–12 2017 Horizon report , the New Media Consortium and the CoSN predict that these technologies will have a significant impact on classrooms within the next five years. Robotics — Educators are leveraging robotics to promote critical and computational thinking, and to provide hands-on learning in STEM subjects.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The district also practices blended learning, using Instructure’s Canvas as its learning management system. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how blended learning has developed in K–12 over the years. Marquita Brown is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K-12. Classroom Technology Prepares Students for the Future. by Marquita Brown.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2018

K–12 schools transitioning to a connected classroom model should be focusing on four key aspects, or the “four C’s” of learning , to create a successful learning environment, according to a Cisco report on using technology in the classroom. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

The process of rejuvenating an educational system set up a few hundred years ago will take generations to redefine. Creating a new system that will fit the needs of students for the next century will be a multifaceted endeavor. When building a contemporary education system choosing which educational model to use will be a challenge.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2023

It’s almost like the teacher is programming the robot to do their job for them.” A Booming Sector The edtech industry is eager to build on ideas like that one. A Swedish company called Sana Labs sells a learning-management system that promises to automatically compile courses for internal use by companies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

education system. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the report “Healing, Community, and Humanity: How Students and Teachers Want to Reinvent Schools Post-COVID,” Justin Reich and Jal Mehta consider that one of education’s biggest challenges in the years ahead will be to harness “the experience and urgency for change” and apply that energy to the sustained improvement of schools.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Creative applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud are helping students develop soft skills employers value. Older students use the Tynker platform to code while younger students use tablet computers, Principal John Beeck told EdTech. . Here’s how. Get Creative with Digital Art Platforms.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). The Hechinger Report → Do we learn better from printed books than digital versions?

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). The Hechinger Report → Do we learn better from printed books than digital versions?

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” Again, this all made for a flurry of headlines, even though there were few specifics about where that money would go or how schools or students would benefit – “Scant Details, Fuzzy Math,” as EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin put it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Frontline Education , a provider of K-12 data software, is developing a new feature (or “skill”) for Alexa that allows administrators to access data, such as teacher evaluation reports and employment rates, through voice-activated commands. The new company, owned by SDI Innovations, makes a robotic arm and a corresponding STEM curriculum.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

education system. To help prepare young rural Americans for the new demands of a tech-integrated workforce , Microsoft has partnered with the National Future Farmers of America to invest in agricultural education, EdScoop reports. But we know that technology will be an engine of America’s growth for years to come.”. by Eli Zimmerman.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

While the Wild West era of edtech may be over, there’s still some mystery over how schools decide what digital materials to buy. Furman: For his small district with fewer funds and fewer personnel, he can’t justify a long research process when many edtech products are obsolete in two years. Small district: Dr. L.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

As many experts will point out, DEI initiatives are prone to fail when they aren’t getting at the crux of the issue—existing systemic processes and challenges that prevent promising solutions and DEI-focused policies from being successful. Department of Education’s recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Educational software, interactive whiteboards, and learning management systems facilitate seamless lesson planning and content delivery. Virtual simulations and augmented reality applications–often in K-12 tech innovation news reports–provide immersive experiences, making complex concepts more accessible.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Because moving around has been shown to bring many benefits to students, she often designs activities that take her kids outside the classroom, ingeniously folding in the features of her edtech resources.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. AP has expanded its use of Automated Insights into other sport dispatches, quarterly business financial reports , and more.* Can a robot be whimsical? This will be kludgy and awful , I thought.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Worries have included the effects of screen time on young minds, along with questions about whether robots will replace teachers. education system recover from the pandemic. Bart Epstein is a research associate professor at UVA and CEO of the EdTech Evidence Exchange. Ed tech consists of thousands of tools.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 17, 2024

Proactive and Positive Uses of AI in Teaching and Learning On a more positive note, there have certainly been numerous reports in the news and research of the potential of AI having a positive impact on learning.or In a brief handout with the paper's core messages, a comparison was made between electronic bikes and robot vacuums.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Keeping up with the latest advancements in edtech can offer valuable insights into transformative tools and strategies. Organizations like the Clayton Christensen Institute, RAND Corporation, and the Brookings Institution often publish reports and research on educational trends, providing data-driven perspectives.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

In its 20th year, the Summit had a feeling of rolling up its sleeves: People talked about the tensions of trying to have civil dialogue between people who hold different points of view; they struggled with the ongoing challenge of trying to figure out “what works” in edtech and reform, particularly when efforts don’t seem to live up to expectations.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Which strategies and tools can ground our work in equity, increase edtech efficacy, and develop stronger networks? Reports from the field. Discussions on edtech efficacy. REPORTS FROM THE FIELD. What will it take to produce a more equitable and reflective system? EDTECH EFFICACY.

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I know there have been lots of murmurs about what it means that someone who’s been quite critical of the Horizon Report project would be invited to speak, let alone to get to offer the closing remarks. That is the purpose of the Horizon Report, of course: it’s a story about the future.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

When we rolled out our classroom tech demos, parents were pulling me aside, saying how much these programs (Read180, System 44, iRead, Math180) would have helped, how they wished they had this tech as kids. They trained volunteers to access Lexia’s reports and use the data to adjust direct instruction. Now they do. TECH USED ?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

K-12 teachers report the highest burnout rate among all industries nationally, according to a June 2022 Gallup poll. Many fear that computer-generated grading would only perpetuate the education system’s reliance on multiple-choice questions. The idea that a robot can replace teachers is laughable. Absolutely.

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