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AUGUST 5, 2024

Educational technology adoption has grown significantly in the past decade, and it’s clear that K-12 schools are now comfortable with and embrace the new technology norms. Susan Uram Director of Educational Technology at Rockford Public Schools But effectively evaluating edtech products is no small feat.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Here is Part 2 of his discussion on technology’s place in education: Part II Technology is Here to Stay: A Conversation with Teachers. In my previous post, I wrote about the permanency of technology in the instructional setting for educators. Purposeful selection of technology tools and platforms has become key.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Then your institution has benefited from a quiet but powerful 20-year revolution of connecting edtech ecosystems. Shaping EdTech Strategy and Connectivity Active participation operationalizes establishing an open, trusted and innovative ecosystem while fostering better edtech for all.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Before I get into how edtech enhances social studies lessons, let’s ask a foundational question: What the heck is Social Studies ? In the past decade, technology has become the disruptive tool of choice among teachers to make what traditionally is a droll collection of subjects energizing and inspiring. Social Studies Resources.

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JULY 31, 2022

Education technology has good uses, but as we’ve moved through the pandemic, sometimes it may have been mis-implemented or implemented without teacher PD. Today’s guest, Al Kingsley, has worked with edtech for over thirty years. He shares observations on where education technology is and where it is going in the future.

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MARCH 28, 2022

Schools are confronting vast achievement gaps among students and an exhausted teaching force. We have to use technology to relieve some of that exhaustion.” But we also have to reimagine instructional time and use technology to scale personalized learning. The Role of EdTech Providers in a Post-Pandemic K-12 Landscape.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

These benefits are widely recognized by educators; Promethean’s 2021/22 State of Technology in Education report found that SEL is the top priority for schools across the country. Our report also found areas of opportunity in districts’ investments in education technology. Edtech plays an increasingly important role in the classroom.

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MARCH 21, 2022

Marcy Brown is the Director of Technology for the small district, tasked with the procurement of all educational software and hardware for a group of roughly 1,400 students and 300 faculty members. I wanted to figure out how we could purchase technology in a manner that is effective, not just for the kids, but cost-wise, too.

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APRIL 25, 2022

While edtech isn’t explicitly within her purview, she works hand in hand with the district’s technology department because, as she says, “in this day and age, it's hard to do much without some form of technology in the classroom.” We also have to make sure it meets the technology requirements. We've tried to be strategic.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Recent headlines suggest it will take until 2028 for students to recover from these pandemic-related achievement declines. Tutoring at scale, with the help of education technology solutions like Subject or Outlier , can support individualized learning pathways that are age- and grade-agnostic to match each learner’s readiness.

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ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2024

Today’s education leaders have unprecedented access to edtech products, but there’s no clear way to determine a product’s quality or effectiveness for learning. How can decision-makers know if a product meets learning standards and drives student achievement without a shared definition of what makes a product usable, valuable and effective?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Walberto Flores EdTech Coordinator, Highlands International School San Salvador Artificial intelligence has entered our classrooms — sometimes invited and other times not — leaving educators to ask essential questions about its implementation and impact. Walberto Flores: How might we redefine teaching and learning?

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ED Surge

JULY 15, 2024

A statement issued by the school district said “several educational technology companies are interested in acquiring” AllHere to continue its work, though nothing concrete has been announced. This is the well-known hard part of edtech.” He said he is waiting for the district to share more information about what happened. “I

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Student-centered learning leads to quantitative and qualitative benefits , such as increased student engagement in learning and other school activities, higher academic achievement gains and stronger relationships between students and teachers. So, how do we put this all together? UDL expert, Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., percent to 22.5

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MARCH 25, 2024

In the realm of education, it means breaking down barriers so that educational technologies and data systems can collaborate effectively, ultimately enhancing the educational experience for leaders, staff, specialists, teachers, students and parents. The best advice is to start with a solid use case. million students in over 880 LEAs.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

We came away wondering why people don’t talk more about this bit of recent edtech history, and what lessons could still be learned from it. They also brought some technology, they engineered some new ways to do book scanning faster and more effectively. And the catalyst had a couple of elements to it.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It is one of the most prominent technological aspects of our everyday lives, but because it works behind the scenes, we don’t typically see it in action. In most places, student data exists in silos, separated by the multiple edtech platforms within the schools’ data ecosystems.

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JULY 12, 2021

As an experienced educator who has been in the forefront of technology integration, this past year seemed like a tidal wave. Most of the training was put together to assist teachers with the basics of integrating technology such as using Google Classroom or Canvas. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Identify and achieve your DEI goals. Leaders across the education ecosystem recognize the importance of putting achievement within the reach of all students. Magic EdTech reshapes learning solutions for clients during different stages of their product and platform journey. Why Interactive Comics are the perfect DEI resource.

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JUNE 26, 2022

The past two years have shown a need for better learning environments, Culatta said, and he shared four shifts he believes are needed to achieve them. The least interesting thing we can use technology for is to deliver content. It was a genius concept back in its time, he said, but not how technology should be used today.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Most educators–and parents–focus technology benefits on how it helps academically, but efriend Joe Peters reminded me the other day that there’s more to it than that. Technology also helps to prepare students for the future and improves the retention rate of information.

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ED Surge

MAY 31, 2023

Recently, EdSurge met with field experts, all part of the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA), to discuss how they leverage edtech to provide an inclusive learning environment for all students. Sometimes a simple edtech tool can make a significant difference. Teachers should provide options for how students experience the content.

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MAY 2, 2024

And we also talked with edtech experts to try to better understand this new tool and how it compares to other approaches for using AI in education. For instance, in a demo for EdSurge, Toby Jackson, chief technology officer at AllHere, showed a sample Ed dashboard screen for a simulated account of a student named “Alberto.”

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JUNE 10, 2019

Traditional classrooms may not go extinct anytime soon, but edtech will certainly change the way we learn and think about learning. Not only is this technology designed to sift through massive amounts of information but it is also ingrained with powerful curation capabilities. And we must admit, AI is making things better and easier.

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ED Surge

JUNE 26, 2023

In today's fast-paced educational landscape, technology plays an increasingly vital role in supporting student learning. First, it seeks to assist educators and district decision-makers in effectively evaluating and expressing requirements for edtech products that align with robust, research-supported instructional practices.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To answer this question, examining the conditions enabling online classes and exploring how EdTech technology can help address educational disparities and teacher shortages in our education system is crucial. This way, teachers can help students achieve the lesson's goals by providing more diverse examples and problem-solving.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2022

The fast-growing startup Class Technologies will acquire the virtual classroom tool Blackboard Collaborate, according to an announcement last week. Divest and Invest When Anthology merged with Blackboard, the company was mainly interested in the LMS, says Troy Williams, managing director at Achieve and University Ventures.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

In 2022 she became the CEO of Tools for Schools, the developers of Book Creator – an inclusive, creative edtech tool. An open-ended task in Book Creator is a great way to achieve these objectives. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. I think I would have liked being in her classroom.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

It won’t necessarily have those pedagogical pieces baked in or the accessibility and other edtech integrations that you need. It won’t necessarily have those pedagogical pieces baked in or the accessibility and other edtech integrations that you need. Check if the AI tool is actually designed for education specifically.

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JULY 24, 2023

AI-driven tools may signal the integration of technology into learning in profound ways; however, the long trajectory of edtech has not yet changed the fundamental organizing structure between teacher and student.

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ED Surge

MAY 22, 2024

When it comes to AI in education, one edtech company stands out as a sage leader and trailblazing pioneer. Malkin Carnegie Learning CEO "At the root of everything we do is the goal of supporting students, teachers and leaders in raising student achievement using learning science — and AI," explains Malkin. And grow, they have.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2023

This is the second in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. A frustrating combination of factors is keeping Latino students underrepresented in science, technology and math classes. Read the first part here.

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JUNE 3, 2015

Ecolleague Mike Daugherty has over seventeen years experience in educational technology serving a variety of roles. He was recently awarded the OETC (Ohio Educational Technology Conference) Technology Innovator of the Year award and received honorable mention in the national DILA awards. What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

What defines an exemplary edtech company that serves K-12 needs? While the edtech market continues to grow with innovative ways to engage students, not many companies provide products rooted in three decades of cognitive research that continue to provide solid returns on investment.

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ED Surge

MARCH 11, 2022

In recent years, blockchain technology has become a buzzword in the edtech sector. The technology can be used to authenticate the identities of people, to determine ownership or to verify data. Blockchain technology can also be used to store more than formal certification data. Updates must be validated collectively.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Not only are you communicating what the data is, but you're doing it in a way that can be used by people and machines, verifying various academic and workplace achievements. The Open Badges and the CLR standards help learners express the skills and knowledge they have achieved. That's where the credential value comes in.

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ED Surge

JULY 5, 2022

Funded by the Trust, in partnership with the Education University of Hong Kong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and City University of Hong Kong, CoolThink@JC was created as a free, basic education for all students, designed to be implemented in mainstream curricular and formal computing lessons. We want to close the wealth gap.

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