eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Edtech significantly enhances the classroom experience Technology deserves its place in the classroom Stay up to date on the latest in education technology Education technology in the classroom is essential for modern education, offering dynamic tools that enhance learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Education technology is a classroom must-have Technology enables access to important resources Stay up to date on the latest in education technology The use of education technology in the classroom has revolutionized the way teaching and learning occur, offering new opportunities to enhance educational experiences.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Technology helps expand teachers’ ability to engage students Learn more about technology in the classroom Stay up to date on the latest in education technology Education technology in the classroom significantly aids teachers by streamlining administrative tasks, enhancing lesson delivery, and improving student engagement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Engagement : Interactive tools, such as gamified learning apps, make lessons more engaging, which can lead to better retention and understanding of complex subjects. However, it’s important to acknowledge that while technology offers numerous benefits, it also presents challenges.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2019

We wanted to learn in the same ways that we lived. Students want learning technology that straddles their social lives and school lives. In the post-LMS world, learning technology is student-centric in its design because today’s students are vocal, creative and eager to share their blue sky ideals and ideas.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Echoing wider soul searching over technology’s polarizing role in politics and society, the education technology scene has been doing its own reckoning. But, I do hope that 2018 will see a greater emphasis on coalition-building and renewed attention to how edtech can best contribute to this broader challenge.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are behind next-generation improvements in a range of software tools for students with sensory or learning disabilities. Sample audio: This is how I speak normally.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With all the changes and challenges over the last year, one takeaway I keep reflecting on is how essential education technology has become to learning—and how quickly this transition occurred. I have long believed that edtech has the power to open up opportunities for students and change how educators teach.

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Skills Students Assignments Essay 209

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

But when a scaled implementation leverages faculty expertise and feedback during all stages, the culture shifts, and faculty move from being skeptical of adaptive learning to being advocates for it. We can sum up CTU’s approach in four words: paying attention to faculty. Classroom technology is not plug and play.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Technology buoys student learning via engagement Technology has earned its place in classrooms Stay up to date on the latest in education technology Education technology has a profound impact on student learning by enhancing engagement, fostering personalized education, and providing access to vast resources.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2024

Inclusive Design Inclusive design in educational technology is crucial to ensure that all students, regardless of their abilities or backgrounds, have equal access to learning opportunities. Tools designed with inclusivity in mind can accommodate a variety of learning styles and needs.

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Technology Feedback Learning Styles Achievement 186

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Technology can be a boon for classroom processes Education technology boosts student learning Stay up to date on the latest in education technology Educational technology improves efficiency in the classroom by streamlining administrative tasks, facilitating real-time assessments, and automating grading.

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Technology Textbooks Feedback Teaching Methods 130

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The second dimension pertains to teaching young individuals how to harness AI for their future careers, leadership roles and learning opportunities. Culatta aptly observes that while most discussions primarily focus on the first facet, there is a concerning lack of attention given to the equally vital second dimension.

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Intelligence Education Instructors Confidentiality 214

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

“There has been a huge explosion of online learning and edtech in our schools… and online education is privatizing education through for-profit companies and their apps,” said Haimson. But the reality is that online learning has not progressed really far.”

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Education Learning Study Math 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Campos: We developed a tech department composed of a Dean of Technology, a Director of Technology, an Education Technology Coordinator and an Assistant Educational Technology Coordinator. But with Mosyle, teachers can refocus students’ attention. That team keeps the school tech running.

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Lecturing Mobile Devices STEM Attention 152

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2022

Because attention is a limited resource and kids are spending too much of it distracted by their phones. When students pick up their phones, they are immediately bombarded with notifications and noise, and in my experience this doesn’t support learning. I’ve recently changed my stance. It's a losing battle for kids and their brains.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

These efforts will garner attention and illustrate how such practices can better align academic and financial outcomes during a budget crunch. How vendors and programs embed parent and family engagement into remote learning technology and plans may be an important differentiator in the coming years.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

Murphy & Beland’s recent study is making the rounds online, particularly among those who are eager to find reasons to ban learning technologies in classrooms. Most schools I know didn’t adopt their learning technology initiatives for the sole purpose of test score improvement. (if if they did, how sad is that?).

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Failure Testing Critical Thinking Knowledge 109

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But the attention may not be having the desired effect, as business is booming for Proctorio and other companies that sell automated proctoring services. There are plenty of things students complain about, but no other educational technology has drawn as much organized protest in recent months.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Digital Portfolios: Encourage students to create digital portfolios using tools like Seesaw or Google Sites, allowing them to showcase their work, reflect on their learning journey, and develop digital presentation skills. How does technology help students learn? What is an educational technology tool?

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Technology Learning Styles Learning Students 130

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Tamiko Hatcher, a dedicated educator and the director of Special Programs at Akron Public Schools in Ohio, displays visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to implementing innovative education technologies to transform the educational experience for the students in his district.

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Education Math Reading Secondary Education 296

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2019

In a similar vein, educators say they want students to pay attention in class, something they can’t do if they’re fixated on Instagram, Fortnite or the app du jour. Teachers reported that [the pouches] helped increase attention and engagement in class, since students weren’t constantly distracted by checking their phones,” says Shiu.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Students with weak attention are often labeled as behavior problems rather than getting the learning help they need,” Weinstein laments. The right data interpreted the right way ensures that teachers can identify each student’s particular struggles and address them appropriately. The student takes MAP Growth and doesn't do well.

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Teachers Communication Gamification Achievement 211

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. That approach caught the attention of one of the biggest funders in the education technology industry.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The institution’s digital literacy specialist, Don Michael, says he would like to be able to test all students on digital skills before they enter college, and provide extra attention to those who need it. Ensuring more students have digital skills is a priority for Michael because of how that affects educational equity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

By integrating gamification into lessons, educators leverage technology to create an immersive and effective learning experience that goes beyond traditional methods, making complex concepts more accessible and enjoyable for K-12 students. How does technology help students learn?

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Gamification Technology Learning Styles Critical Thinking 130

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

There’s also a need for tools that cater to varying reading levels within the same classroom and give teachers quick feedback on which students need most attention, and in which area. Diagnosing dyslexia early, for instance. What voice tech allows you to do, at scale, is to make an earlier diagnosis.

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Reading Technology Teaching Feedback 181

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At the individual level, though, we can each encourage and inspire the students in our classrooms to consider how to address such complex issues as gender bias in their own use (and design) of technology tools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

The answer, in part, lies in the so-called maker movement, a trend studded by hobbyists, inventors, students and even entrepreneurs who creates products or gadgets for educational or industrial purposes. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

Classroom teachers are best positioned to identify where the main issues are and where schools should focus their attention. Technology used with intention can promote equitable learning Paige Johnson As we strive to shrink the digital divide, we must also examine how we are using learning technology.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert. Pay particular attention to his chapter on “powerful ideas” where he describes how essential it is to find the enduring, transformative concepts that you want to teach and put those at the forefront of your design approach.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

With new attention to learning spaces here at UCF in the past year or so, we have had a little bit more shift with the nudges.” Connecting course and classroom design has another perk: access to a new pool of funds previously earmarked for other projects.

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Active Learning Activities Instructors Learning Spaces 168

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2024

Engaging in research and design work with communities of researchers, practitioners and edtech product developers has led us to define several principles we believe will assist in building learning technology that is attuned to the needs of diverse students and educators, based on modern learning principles and designed for broad adoption and scale.

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Teaching Technology Feedback Learning 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2019

education technology, and early signs in 2019 suggest the industry is poised for another cash infusion. Owl Ventures , a San Francisco-based education technology investment firm, has closed $315 million for its third fund. It’s been a record-setting year for venture capital investments in U.S. based companies.

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Intelligence STEM Evaluation Attention 101

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. One thing that cannot be denied is the disconnect in today’s education technology between AV and IT and various domains.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

Especially during times of quarantine or isolation, educators should give attention to the whole person—body, spirit, mind, and social relationships. When appropriate, handwritten assignments and hands-on projects can be photographed and submitted in place of typewritten work. Focus on healthy living.

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Assignments Learning Schools Quizzes 181

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

ASU connected with Labster about four years ago to build a general biology course online, said Philippos Savvides, who oversees learning technology strategy for ASU Online. Neither ASU or Labster would say how much ASU paid in licensing.

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