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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

Edsurge

The nonprofit was founded in response to the global wildfire adoption of its first-generation learning platform, KA Lite , which provided offline access to Khan Academy videos and exercises. It focuses on delivering quality teaching and learning through technology without the internet. Download the latest version of Kolibri.

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What Students Are Actually Doing Online

Securly

We surveyed 400+ students to find out just how kids ages 9-18 are using their display devices. Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr also have a large following of adolescent subscribers. Students use search engines and databases for research projects, and sites like Khan Academy for video walkthroughs of educational material.

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Blended Learning - what is it, pros/cons, tips and resources

Educational Technology Guy

Follow me on Twitter and Google+. The teacher also answers questions in class and dives more deeply into the content. The teacher also answers questions in class and dives more deeply into the content. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. blended learning flipped classroom'

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Part 4: Over 150 STEM Resources for PBL and Authentic Learning… Math

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Before investigating these resources, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Khan Academy – Help every student succeed with personalized practice. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans.

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The History of the Future

Hack Education

Online learning will be the "silver lining" of the coronavirus — Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy (2020). Gartner says, rather vaguely, that it relies on scenarios and surveys and pattern recognition to place emerging technologies on the curve. The world tried it, for months. It's not a particularly scientific model.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

Indeed, Americans don’t actively seek out scientific information , one survey found this year, relying on their general news source – “mainstream journalism,” if you will – to provide them with irregular updates on the latest research. Khan Academy will revolutionize education.

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Testing Giving You The Blues? Get Creative with EdTech Formative Assessments

MSEDTechie

Use Twitter to quickly and easily assess students’ learning at the end of a lesson, this can be a class twitter account, or individual accounts for older students. There is also a survey feature. Any time you can take a tool that students use every day and use it for learning, you’ve got a win. It takes minutes to set up!