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The importance of agency in successful edtech adoptions

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With the recent advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies, conversations in education are now abuzz about AI’s potential to redefine lesson delivery, homework and formative assessments. Advancements in education technology History has taught us that innovation is inevitable.

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It’s Time to Ditch the Idea of Edtech Disruption. But What Comes Next?

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Combined with sobering reports on the persistent lack of strong evidence for edtech , it’s no wonder why the notion of using technology to “fix broken schools” has fallen out of most startup pitch decks and education TED Talks. According to Papert: “The content for human development is always a culture, never an isolated technology.”

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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

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Researchers believe it may be in part due to their age and development, and partly because secondary school teachers are content specialists who can dive more deeply into their subjects. In addition, as course content becomes more challenging in higher grades, teachers may tend to use these complex strategies more often.”

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

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In particular, the age and cognitive development of your students has a profound impact on their ability to succeed in different online learning environments. Here’s how one special education teacher, Stephanie Landrum, who teaches at Horizon K-8 Charter School in Boulder, Co., Each approach is best suited to different contexts.

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Graduate Students Want to Solve ‘Wicked Problems.’ Are Universities Delivering?

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Indeed, interdisciplinary training exposes students to many diverse perspectives, which previous studies suggest may lead to more innovative solutions and more powerful cognitive development. No matter the approach, it is urgent that our universities find a way to graduate researchers with interdisciplinary skills and views.

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What to Know About the Rise of Smartwatches Among Kids

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Many people said in interviews that it is natural for children to want to have access to the same technology their older siblings, parents and peers have. Parent fear may be the primary driver of this booming market. Kids like having a device of their own. But that doesn’t seem to be the key motivator behind parents’ purchasing decisions.

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Big Tech Needs to Treat Our Children Better

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I invest in education technology, but decades before I knew what a venture capitalist was, I was a history teacher in a small town in America’s heartland where I started my school’s first “Internet club.” But 2018 marked an inflection point for education technology that most investors and developers did not see coming.

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