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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.

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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?

Edsurge

Ertmer first distinguished between “first- and second-order barriers” to the effective use of technology in the classroom in 1999, referring to categories of challenges that are sometimes called “external and internal barriers.” A teacher in another school with less support might be less effective in using edtech.

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Managing and Sharing Your Education Data Effectively

edWeb.net

All educators have now become managers and reporters of data, whether they are classroom teachers compiling information on individual students and sharing it with parents, or top district administrators evaluating teachers, principals, and all their students. Optimizing Data Reports. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

edWeb.net

The ECMECC staff provides instructional technology support for districts, which is especially important for smaller ones that may not be able to have full-time tech support people of their own. In addition, she manages many of SETDA’s research and product development projects from conception to publication. Join the Community.

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Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

Edsurge

They also reported less struggle at home because they weren’t being asked to tackle material that was outside of their current grasp. I collaborated with my local colleagues and those in my virtual PLC (professional learning community) to develop and add to the resource bank I already had.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Graham Glass, CEO & Founder, CYPHER Learning Finding new and innovative ways to support teachers will continue to be a priority for schools and districts this coming year and beyond. To combat this in 2024, districts should look to lean more on technology to support teachers and onboard new ones.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Graham Glass, CEO & Founder, CYPHER Learning Finding new and innovative ways to support teachers will continue to be a priority for schools and districts this coming year and beyond. To combat this in 2024, districts should look to lean more on technology to support teachers and onboard new ones.

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