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Finland’s First Education Technology Fund, Sparkmind, Closes €40 Million

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Last week, Sparkmind , an education technology investment firm based in Helsinki, announced the first close of its venture fund, totalling €40 million (approx. According to Antti Korhonen, a partner at Sparkmind, this is the first Nordic-based fund focused on the education technology sector.

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Gale In Context: Literature Launches to Promote Critical Thinking Skills and Better Learning Outcomes in ELA for High School Students

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This sparks greater interest in literature, enabling teachers to facilitate meaningful interactions that inspire more compelling classroom discussions that increase critical thinking skills, delivering better learning outcomes. Download/view screenshots of Gale In Context: Literature.

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Education Technology

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The integration of digital tools such as interactive software, cloud-based platforms, and adaptive learning systems has shifted traditional educational models towards more personalized, flexible, and engaging learning experiences. What is the definition of educational technology?

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Why Instructional Design Must Focus on Learning Outcomes, Not Learning Activities

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Students expect to come to school to learn and to be challenged (although they may never tell us that). If we want such activities to produce genuine student growth, instructional design must focus on learning outcomes as opposed to the activity itself. Nonetheless, students also want to enjoy learning.

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Building Education Technology for the Developing World

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Yet the results revealed that devices, by themselves, have a limited impact, at best, on learning outcomes. Two and a half million laptops later, some critics point out the project’s failures with its Western-centric approach and “technologically utopian” vision that hailed technology as the answer to difficult social problems.

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How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes

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What defines an exemplary edtech company that serves K-12 needs? How does a district measure return on investment when adopting new curricula?

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Educational Technology Serves Equity When Used with Purpose

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In my time as a classroom teacher, principal and superintendent, I became professionally and emotionally vested in leading and supporting a vision for educational equity, which is shared by many of my colleagues.