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How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

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One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities. How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities?

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.), Data Analytics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “Congress Considering $95 Million for Study of Technology’s Effects on Children.” Via The New York Times : “ Transgender Girl , 12, Is Violently Threatened After Facebook Post by Classmate’s Parent.” ” asks Moodle News. One Problem: The Data Aren’t All There.”

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Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” ” Via ProPublica : “ Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race.” ” Via Education Dive : “Study shows Bridge GED programs help students continue on to college.”

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will offer a scholarship “to ‘cut through’ unequal access to opportunity.” The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding. ” Via FT : “The secret lives of children and their phones.” More in the research section below.

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Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference.

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Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.”