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How courses like coding and design lead to tech literacy

eSchool News

Technology is ubiquitous in the lives of today’s students. As technology users, students access technology for entertainment, communication, and learning. Encouraging technology creators means engaging students in project-based technology courses that introduce them to coding, design, gaming, and animation.

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5 edtech opportunities that will emerge in 2022

eSchool News

There is a certain perspective that comes from being in the edtech industry for over 30 years, and while I thought I had seen it all, nothing could have prepared me (or anyone else) for a global pandemic. about how they had adapted to learning, teaching, and technology in general since the pandemic started. Twelve percent of U.S.

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Teaching coding and design can lead to tech literacy

eSchool News

Technology is ubiquitous in the lives of today’s students. As technology users, students access technology for entertainment, communication, and learning. Encouraging technology creators means engaging students in project-based technology courses that introduce them to coding, design, gaming, and animation.

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

eSchool News

Department of Education’s recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. What’s fascinating, when you look at it, is students of marginalized subgroups–when we give them technology to use, we give them technology that is passive consumption. Technology is here to stay; it’s not going anywhere.

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

Edsurge

It’s a $900 million industry with nearly 400 million viewers worldwide that is growing by leaps and bounds every year. At the start of the 2000s, the whole industry was being turned on its head by games like StarCraft and Counter-Strike, which created a new form of online game competition culture. Maybe you’ve heard of esports?

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

The idea of students having access to high-quality, safe, and appropriate technology to empower meaningful remote learning was a big awakening for many folks around the country,” she said. With innovative technologies and solutions we’re bringing them closer to the knowledge they seek and the potential they can achieve.

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The Human EdTech for Diversity

EdNews Daily

Technology dominates the education landscape discussion. It can bridge language-learning gaps and increase access with automation so fine that it can literally speak to a student and correct pronunciation and context, while removing any sense of embarrassment because it can be done privately anywhere. By LeiLani Cauthen.

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