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JANUARY 7, 2025

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APRIL 12, 2024

COVID-19 was edtech’s big moment, and while digital tools kept learning going for many families and schools, they also faltered. A great deal of edtech purchases went unused , equity gaps widened , and teachers and students were burned out. For those of us that have been in edtech awhile, it feels like we’re stuck in a loop.

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JUNE 15, 2022

There are always new products coming out in the edtech landscape, but somehow a couple software platforms monopolize the industry and are used by teachers everywhere, leaving smaller companies and edtech startups facing an uphill battle. We go through significant decision fatigue and “which edtech program should I use?”

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Evaluating and validating tech tools takes time and energy — resources that are always in short supply. An overwhelming variety of tools are available, each claiming to improve student outcomes in different ways, making it difficult to discern which will have the most meaningful impact.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. If a classroom has spotty Wi-Fi or a teacher has inadequate access to devices for students, it’s awfully hard to make the most of edtech.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

“Interesting move and wonder about use of student data from Brightbytes in the greater ecosystem of google products,” wrote edtech expert Jin-Soo Huh on Twitter, in one of the only public comments on the deal from the edtech industry. I totally missed that Google EDU acquired Brightbytes.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

The investment company has been eyeing edtech for some time: Kirkbi A/S has picked up about 15 minority investments in edtech firms over the past half-decade, according to reporting in The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year, it invested about $1 billion into Epic Games, Inc.

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MAY 23, 2022

It also brought an explosion of private investments into edtech. The pandemic bump that many edtech firms experienced has faded, but private capital’s interest in edtech, and in shaping the education system, remains. Tower has been sharing his take in a weekly newsletter called Edtech Thoughts , focusing on deals in edtech.

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MAY 2, 2023

At a time when more than 11,000 edtech tools are on the market and schools are embracing learning technology like never before , there is a stunning lack of research and evidence to support the efficacy of those products. Most edtech companies are a long way off from randomized controlled trials — considered the gold standard in research.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 14, 2025

This curated resource brings together insights from top educators, EdTech experts, and industry leaders to help teachers and administrators strategically leverage technology while fostering critical thinking, curiosity, and authentic connections in the classroom.

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MARCH 19, 2024

These days there’s a wave of new edtech products hitting the market, and teachers and professors are increasingly making teaching videos and other materials for their classes. from the MIT Media Lab and has been working on design of educational materials for more than a decade, said it’s not that edtech companies don’t do any testing.

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APRIL 6, 2022

While they’re both ostensibly working to make education as strong as possible, educators and edtech don’t always see eye to eye. Observers of the space, for instance, have long noted that teachers are often excluded from edtech procurement , as are higher ed faculty and staff. during a panel at ASU-GSV on Monday.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

When a school or district decides to cut a check for an edtech product, the end goal isn’t about owning a shiny new piece of hardware or app. And how much say do they—or should they—have in edtech decisions? And how much say do they—or should they—have in edtech decisions? So what explains the disconnect? Louis, Missouri.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

For more information on leveraging edtech to accelerate learning, as well as comparisons between leading tools, see the Accelerate Learning Kits from K-12 Blueprint, or visit Microsoft Education. Las Cruces Public Schools is maximizing technology to increase equity and accessibility for all students.

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APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company. Students across the U.S.

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MAY 1, 2024

In almost every collaboration or discussion around what educators, schools and institutions need from their educational technology, three themes rise to the surface: The need for a trusted, interoperable and flexible edtech ecosystem. The growing reliance on data and analytics to help build that ecosystem.

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MAY 31, 2022

Like tech stocks in general, edtech has taken a nosedive over the past six months or so. It showed the industry, Batra says, that consumers have become agreeable to purchasing edtech. And with universities and schools being given extra funds by the federal government, they'll likely invest in more edtech resources, he says.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

The next step for school leaders is to focus on purchasing edtech strategically, ensuring that these tools genuinely make a positive difference in teaching and learning. Susan Uram Director of Educational Technology at Rockford Public Schools But effectively evaluating edtech products is no small feat.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last fall, nearly six and a half years after my SMART board was fixed, I started a new job and became a deeper learning coordinator, leading the implementation and creation of an edtech ecosystem for the entire Reynoldsburg school district. Despite the money spent, our students have yet to recover from the learning loss.

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MAY 18, 2023

The number of edtech products schools access in a typical month has tripled since four years ago to more than 1,400 tools, according to a recent estimate by Learn Platform, an edtech company that helps schools manage tech. During the pandemic, schools became more reliant on tech than ever.

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JULY 19, 2024

For private edtech companies, it’s slightly more complicated. The revised national edtech plan from the U.S. At the time it was released, experts said they hoped the revision would move the national conversation beyond mere access to edtech and into how effective tech is for learning.

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MAY 8, 2023

Educators face a daunting task of keeping up with rapidly evolving edtech products, identifying the best available applications and effectively implementing them in their classrooms. The ISTE Seal of Alignment product certification program has developed a reputation for identifying excellent edtech products that align with the ISTE Standards.

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MARCH 8, 2023

When teachers pack up their classrooms for the last time to start their edtech careers, where exactly are they going? Former educators told us they had moved on to become UX designers, part of sales teams and founders of their own edtech companies. Edtech is not going to be the solution for every teacher,” she says.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When the federal government released its revised edtech plan last month, it was laying down its hope for a future that delivers on effective instruction for students. If edtech is used and supported correctly, this can expand the number of students who receive a truly high-quality education, Chung argues.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JULY 31, 2022

Today’s guest, Al Kingsley, has worked with edtech for over thirty years. Episode #788 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast The Future of Edtech Al Kingsley, Thought Leader. Resources in The Future of Edtech episode 788. Al Kingsley is CEO of the EdTech company NetSupport and is Chair of a Multi-Academy Trust.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

After all, one of the hottest topics in edtech these days is the growing practice of banning smartphones in schools, after teachers have reported that the devices distract students from classroom activities and socializing in person with others. This is the physical world with holograms overlaid on it.”

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Effective edtech has never — and should never — be designed to replace human relationships with students. One lesson we’ve learned is that the current wave of AI-powered edtech is not all that different from the products and programs we are used to. The most critical factor in selecting edtech is its evidence base.

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MARCH 8, 2022

The people who build and fund edtech tools occupy different professional worlds than the educators who use those tools. That was clear when we invited a venture capitalist who invests in edtech companies to have a dialogue with a professor who has been critical of the edtech industry. And those worlds can sometimes collide.

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MAY 9, 2023

. — Deepak Cheenath That puts CoCo’s strategies to keep students engaged or motivated to learn at complete odds with what many edtech companies have been trying to do to teach literacy or STEM — mimic online games like Robolox or Minecraft that children spend hours immersed in outside of school. Quizizz is embodying this shift.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

It wasn’t that I didn't value, cherish and miss the face-to-face interactions I had with my students, but because I naively assumed that my more reluctant colleagues would see the light and finally embrace edtech. Are we just educational luddites or has the edtech revolution fallen short of its promises ?

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JANUARY 26, 2024

After the pandemic, the edtech market exploded with new products and services, and investment flowed freely. Educators struggled to meet students' needs without proper technology tools, training and infrastructure, and edtech innovators capitalized, introducing much-needed solutions. billion in 2021.

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JULY 31, 2024

The company was an edtech “unicorn” at its height — worth billions — and characterized as a “giant” in the space. Edtech commentator Phil Hill argues that the filing was a predictable result of the company’s balance sheet. But after a rocky few years, a bankruptcy filing wasn’t all that surprising.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

When school districts spend months implementing a new edtech tool, they often learn a great deal—and they learn it the hard way. Primarily because nobody involved has the time, incentive or mechanism to do so. Most of us believe that technology has the potential to dramatically improve student learning and reduce inequity.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Sean Michael Morris knows that he has cultivated a certain “ethos” over his career in higher education—as a self-described critic of edtech and a champion of helping professors improve their teaching. Morris says he has long been dedicated to offering a “critique” of edtech. “My Which has been an interesting thing this week.”

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Part of that is ruthlessly reevaluating the edtech purchases that San Antonio Independent — a large urban district that serves almost 45,000 students — made during the pandemic. That means that while the edtech industry took off during the pandemic, it’s now coming down. Education Department is greenlighting extension requests.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

That's why she uses edtech tools in the classroom to provide a safe space where she can encourage all types of learners to contribute. Roshan recently shared her ideas about how to use edtech to engage introverted learners in a TED-Ed Educator Talk. When Roshan was in high school, she feared the moment she might be called on in class.

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