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Learning Designers Call for More User Testing of Edtech Products and Teaching Materials

ED Surge

These days there’s a wave of new edtech products hitting the market, and teachers and professors are increasingly making teaching videos and other materials for their classes. from the MIT Media Lab and has been working on design of educational materials for more than a decade, said it’s not that edtech companies don’t do any testing.

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Overcoming Language Learning Barriers With Classroom Management Tools

TeachThought

Edtech can help. So lets look at the most common challenges language learners face and the surprising ways edtech can overcome them. For the ESL student, developing a presentation about their home country, food, or really anything unique to their culture is a chance for a student to show off what they know. and Jotform.

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

ED Surge

It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education.

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Resources for Teachers and Instructional Coaches – February 2022

Edthena

Check out what you need to know: Edthena’s new AI Coach has resources [for] teachers with a range of tasks including managing student behavior, facilitating group discussions, providing feedback for students and culturally responsive teaching. Learn more about the AI Coach platform ! Teachers’ professional learning needs are changing.

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As Schools Turn to Tech for Mental Health Support, the Best Solution Might Be More Analog

ED Surge

Some edtech companies are turning their efforts to mental health, and mental health tech is turning its attention to students. The organization gets its funding primarily through nonprofit and government grants, with some money collected via membership fees.

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

ED Surge

She’s a champion of a model of education that favors students reading classical texts and otherwise focusing on the traditional canons of arts, literature and culture. The school’s founder, Erika Donalds, hopes this cutting-edge technology can help spread an educational approach that is decidedly old-fashioned.