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JUNE 3, 2022

Over the past decade, global investment in edtech has soared to new heights. The urgent need to educate children at home created by COVID-19 lockdowns turbocharged already existing momentum, and analysts now expect edtech expenditure to reach an eye-watering $300 billion globally this year.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Edtech is ubiquitous in classrooms today, especially considering that the COVID-19 pandemic did something that previously seemed impossible. It thrust virtually every school into the deep-end of edtech, starting with remote learning. Amid those struggles, the global edtech market has surpassed $100 billion in value.

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ED Surge

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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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. The natural starting point for edtech providers, instead, is pursuing ESSA Level IV certification.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

As a member of the LEARN Network , a federally funded initiative dedicated to supporting the development and scaling of quality educational products and programs, I've collaborated with researchers, developers, practitioners and educational leaders from across the country. The most critical factor in selecting edtech is its evidence base.

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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Academic research requires a lot of dedication and diligence. From reading the literature to writing up the first draft of your paper, engaging in academic research means that you are in an ongoing process of learning and growth. There are numerous academic research tools that can help you in each stage of the research process.

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ED Surge

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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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

So he felt frustrated, isolated: “I am stranded on this desert island because that site doesn't work [with my screen reader],” Jacob later told a researcher , also adding, “You can't just re-change your whole teaching plan, especially when you've distributed it.” For private edtech companies, it’s slightly more complicated.

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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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ED Surge

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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ED Surge

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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ED Surge

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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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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ED Surge

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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ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

candidates at MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten research group, say it all started with a single piece of feedback: “Just make learning fun.” Not an ideal conversation right after sessions on mindfulness, but the husband-and-wife researcher duo did take away two key lessons from the students’ candor. Quizizz is embodying this shift.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Rashawn Ray That’s the question a team of researchers at the think tank Brookings Institution are asking, through a new project that will probe the opportunities and barriers virtual reality offers in higher education. The universities that get on board with this quickest are going to have some of the biggest payoffs.

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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. The Teacher Ready Evaluation Tool provides educators and edtech decision-makers a standardized way to evaluate an edtech product’s classroom usability.

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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. I am very proud of that fact.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The hearing will test what critics of the case say was a suit meant to silence concerns about a controversial edtech service. The suit, which has become infamous among edtech critics, accused Linkletter of copyright infringement for posting tweets that criticized Proctorio, whose services the University of British Columbia used.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 13, 2025

Research shows students are more engaged when they connect the learning to their strengths, abilities, preferences and interests. Research suggests that student outcomes can improve when direct instruction is combined with opportunities for practice paired with timely feedback.

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ED Surge

JUNE 24, 2024

At the heart of this challenge is understanding how districts approach their edtech procurement decisions. In 2022, the Decision Lab (TDL) , an applied behavioral science research and innovation firm, interviewed and surveyed over 225 edtech decision-makers in K-12 school districts in the United States.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Wally Clipper, has a great run-down on 8 trends you’ll want to watch in 2020: 8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020. While EdTech has been helping schools and other educational institutions a lot since it was introduced, its benefits have grown even more this year. Video-assisted Learning.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Impossibility of EdTech To my school’s credit, they knew there was a problem. While it’s difficult to determine how much has been spent on Edtech , we do know that investments in education technology companies have nearly quadrupled since the beginning of the pandemic. Edtech has a product that takes care of it for you.

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ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2022

A new study co-authored by one of the world’s most prominent researchers on the effectiveness of edtech, Richard Mayer, offers some answers to that question. The researchers guessed that the students watching in VR would report higher enjoyment and higher interest, and that they would do better on tests of the material as a result.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Whether these executives are seeing dollar signs hovering over the heads of tykes or finally waking up to the wealth of research that exists on the importance of learning and development in the early years, there exists a kind of new energy in this corner of the education market. “I

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ED Surge

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.” How would you describe your district’s approach to edtech procurement prior to enrolling in this course?

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ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2022

When I came across Course of Mind, I did a little research on it, and I got very excited. How would you describe your district’s approach to edtech procurement prior to enrolling in this course? How might your experience with the course impact your district’s approach to edtech procurement in the future?

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

TARA Edtech. Episode 794 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Use the Triple E Framework for Edtech Evaluations Dr. Liz Kolb, clinical associate professor of education technologies at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. TARA sponsored today’s show. Go to coolcatteacher.com/tara to sign up for your free account. Click Here.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2023

Edtech has become inseparable from the education system. Not very, according to “Uncovering Privacy and Security Challenges In K-12 Schools,” a new study of how districts handle privacy and security issues from researchers at the University of Chicago and New York University. The researchers also note that many sites — 7.4

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The experiences focus on global and cultural competencies, health and wellness, leadership, research, creative and scholarly activities, and service learning and civic engagement.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2024

The edtech market is saturated with various tools designed to improve children’s literacy from e-readers to apps to digital libraries. As a professor of reading and children’s development, specializing in children’s digital tools, I've researched what works and what doesn't when it comes to coaching children to read.

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ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2022

Equipped with a set of tech skills gained from pandemic remote learning and the rise of technology in teaching generally, current teachers are making a huge career pivot into edtech or other education organizations. Teachers can lead, design, manage, mediaite, facilitate, guide, research, write and so much more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2022

Edtech Reviews. 16 Great Research Websites for Kids. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ). Lesson plans. If you’ve just arrived at Ask a Tech Teacher, start here.

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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Some of these folks will probably make it into your dissertation or research papers hence the importance of organizing and properly formatting references early on. Do not postpone formatting references till the end of your research project; that is a sure-fire recipe for extra stress and unwarranted work.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2025

For example, instead of saying they took a speech class, they can break down the specific skills they learned or had to use, such as public speaking, critical thinking and research.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Research from McKinsey revealed that, on average, K-12 students lost up to four months of mathematics and four months of reading progress in the last school year. Research has shown a direct link between students’ mental health and their academic performance, placing SEL at the forefront of the learning recovery effort.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2024

Looking forward, this will become even more important as the speed of edtech product life cycles increase, as evidenced by the recent release and adoption of generative AI tools across the landscape. Guiding Principles for Building Feedback Loops 1. Feedback loops should be designed with bidirectionality for mutual benefit.

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