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Skibidi anarchy: Post-pandemic classroom technology

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But it unfortunately wasnt the edtech industry that won the race for childrens attention–it was social media. They dont want to learn math with clipart of apples and oranges. Countless apps and curriculum publishers have tried to make learning fun with mixed results. Sadly, were all familiar with what happened next.

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Skibidi anarchy: The role of technology in post-pandemic classrooms

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But it unfortunately wasn’t the edtech industry that won the race for children’s attention–it was social media. They don’t want to learn math with clipart of apples and oranges. Countless apps and curriculum publishers have tried to “make learning fun” with mixed results. Sadly, we’re all familiar with what happened next.

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Teachers are burning out. Can AI help?

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A similar question was asked by McKinsey three years ago , right before the worldwide pandemic caused the lowest reading and math scores in 30 years. AI can also reduce the teacher’s time creating questions, as it automatically generates possible learning assessments. Would that change the game? That time is now.

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The Case for ‘Edtech Minimalism’ in an Age of Distance Learning

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From increased anxiety and depression related to unhealthy usage of social media , to our students’ decreased attention spans , it’s time to take a “less is more” approach. Building critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in math. That may seem counterintuitive. Preserving opportunities for socialization, dialogue and discourse.

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Can a Test Ever Be Fair? How Today's Standardized Tests Get Made.

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Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? We still have an emphasis on math and language. Predictably, a big business has sprung up around testing.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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Currently, more than 25 percent of K-12 students are chronically absent and most students have ground to make up in math and reading. At The Southport School, we take a skills-based approach to learning, whether reading, math, or technology. AI may empower more students with greater independence in their education.

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School’s Out for the Latest Y Combinator Batch, and Here’s What Its Edtech Graduates Are Up to

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But what brought them together was wanting to give teachers an “extra pair of hands”—for instance, a teacher can ask the assistant to give the class a math problem so that she can momentarily divert her attention to one student. “A The five-hour long test comes with about 100 questions.