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How to ensure edtech ROI? Ask these 4 questions

eSchool News

To explore how to increase the return on investment (ROI) of education technology, let’s take an inquiry approach. I know is a great resource, but I don’t think teachers are even aware of it. Teachers aren’t able to take on “another thing” so anything we share with them has to solve problems they already have.

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5 Essential Questions Educators Have About AI

Edsurge

Walberto Flores EdTech Coordinator, Highlands International School San Salvador Artificial intelligence has entered our classrooms — sometimes invited and other times not — leaving educators to ask essential questions about its implementation and impact. It’s a valid question that even my high school students ask.

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Enhance Student Engagement with Virtual Social Learning Spaces

Catlin Tucker

Despite the challenges associated with this moment in education, technology is rapidly evolving to allow students more opportunities to engage in social learning spaces online. Give students a straightforward task with step-by-step directions to minimize confusion and questions when kids are in the breakout rooms.

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To ChatGPT or Not to ChatGPT, That Is the Question

EdTech Magazine

The last big controversial piece of educational technology introduced to schools and classrooms — the handheld calculator — dates to the late 1960s. Educators worried that these new devices would have a negative impact on students. Would their math abilities be ruined if calculators did the computations for them?

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The surprising/unsurprising things education IT leaders have to say 

eSchool News

That’s what happened when we surveyed education technology leaders, and not the people you may think of when you hear that description. Instead, late last year and into the first portion of 2024, we surveyed information technology leaders in schools–the people in the IT departments who work to make technology work.

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3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online

Catlin Tucker

Students have the opportunity to ask questions if something is unclear or request additional instruction or support. As students listen to the audio comments remotely, they can click the comments and post a reply directly to an audio comment if they have a question. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology , 31(1).

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How will the edtech boom transform the existing education system?

eSchool News

For centuries, education has been confined to the walls of schools, colleges, and institutions. Enter the education technology (edtech) boom since 2020 and the very ideology around teaching and learning has been revolutionized. Edtech has completely redefined how knowledge is imparted and how skills are acquired.

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