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5 edtech opportunities that will emerge in 2022

eSchool News

Much as the problems in our medical systems, for example, have given rise to better and more efficient care, so can education benefit from rethinking its model. parents felt they did not have the critical tools in place ( like laptops, internet connections, and tables ) before the pandemic. educators and 20 percent of U.K.

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New Chromebook App Easily Records and Automatically Uploads Classroom Video

Edthena

Given that Chromebooks are common, inexpensive, and have a camera, we felt compelled to find a way to transform these mobile laptops into recording and upload devices, too. Supporting devices that are commonplace in school settings is important for ensuring equity of access.

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What school librarians make (revisited)

NeverEndingSearch

Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid. It’s equity of access. And it’s equity of experience. Forgive me if I, perhaps rudely, again remix the words of that political analyst: “It’s about equity, stupid.”

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

eSchool News

Hines Elementary in Waco, Texas Here’s what eSN’s panel of educator experts had to say about DEI in action in their schools, the challenges they still face, and what they think will advance DEI initiatives in the years to come. I need to create programs for students that will help educate them in their own culture and their own way.

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Esports Scholarships Are Growing. Do They Leave Some Students Behind?

Edsurge

The technology barriers to playing an esport are lower than ever and titles are increasingly available on laptops, tablets and even phones. What does all this have to do with education? Department of Education, I co-wrote a blog post highlighting the rapid growth of esports at the collegiate level. While I was at the U.S.

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The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning

Doug Levin

I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons, including sloppiness in reporting, bias, and lack of relevance to education policy and practice considerations.