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8 Ways in which edtech supports Vocational Education

Neo LMS

That being said, given the practical aspect of these schools, there are bigger questions to ask about the role of edtech in vocational education. What can edtech do for students who wish to work more physically demanding jobs? . 8 Ways in which edtech supports Vocational Education. Edtech and vocational education.

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Follow Along With a Grad Seminar About Edtech: Part 1, Picking the Best Tech

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. When teaching a course on edtech, it’s logical to start with a look at how professors can select the best tech tools for their courses. There are more edtech tools to choose, from. For that matter, what is technology?

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4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading

Neo LMS

4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading. Technology might come in handy in this case. Contrary to conventional wisdom, technology is a friend, not a foe of books and reading. The post 4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading appeared first on NEO BLOG.

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Grad Seminar on EdTech Part 2: How Can Digital Audio Enhance Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Bryan Alexander Audio has a long history that is important for edtech folks to understand. Over the next two months, I’ll share the experience and highlights in a series of columns for EdSurge with highlights from the course.

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My School Learned The Hard Way That Edtech Saves Time, But It Can't Solve Human Problems

Edsurge

A former student of mine shared this opinion in a class seminar about Transcendentalism. The Impossibility of EdTech To my school’s credit, they knew there was a problem. Edtech has a product that takes care of it for you. I’m so sick of hearing about self-care and feelings. Not exactly what Whitman had in mind, but I digress.

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Five EdTech Story Ideas for Education Reporters

Doug Levin

This week, education reporters from across the nation are gathering at the 2017 Education Writers Association National Seminar in Washington, DC. Among the topics they will focus on is technology in education (AKA "digital learning"). To that end, I suggest five story ideas for reporters interested in the topic.

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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

At the time, I thought this was a novel approach to address the lack of technology for students. While already aware of the effects smartphones had on students’ attention, I tried to keep a balanced approach to using technology in my classroom. Seven years ago, I proposed a day without technology to the site administration.