Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient.

Pedagogy 79

Pedagogy EdTech Educational Technology Cultures 79

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

When traditional systems seem to be working in a highly localized educational ecosystem, leaders are sometimes hesitant to innovate in small districts. In collaboration with EdSurge, Northern Ignite hosted an event with 700 attendees at Ramapo College that exposed educators to both the edtech and edtech venture capital worlds.

Cultures 74

Cultures EdTech Professional Development High School 74

ED Surge

JULY 13, 2022

The answer(s) may have implications for designing new edtech tools—and VR technology intended to be used beyond the classroom, too. Does edtech work better as a solo encounter or a group experience? To immerse, or not to immerse? For professors designing virtual reality versions of Shakespeare’s plays, that is the question.

Teaching 124

Teaching EdTech Humanities Tradition 124

ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Who Is Edtech Made for?

Educational Technology 96

Educational Technology EdTech Education Heritage 96

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

That fits a pattern of universities reasserting control over functions previously outsourced to OPMs, says edtech analyst Matt Tower, a principal at Workshop Venture Partners. Some for-profit colleges from an earlier era are doing well, like Chamberlain University and Grand Canyon, says edtech consultant Phil Hill.

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EdTech Leadership Tutoring Educational Technology 109

ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Called Crypto, Culture, & Society , the group organizes courses that bring knowledge from the arts, humanities and social sciences into conversations about the Web3 world being dreamed into reality. At least, in theory. And what are they learning about?

Education 124

Education EdTech Government Tradition 124

ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2022

Digital innovation did not bring traditional higher education to its knees. Colleges are under plenty of stress, but competition from online alternatives to traditional campuses are low on the list of pressures. Even Microsoft's Bill Gates predicted that online education would undermine the very foundations of U.S. million.

EdTech 109

EdTech Tradition Cultures High School 109

ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

Other essays published by fellows examine pressing themes related to the intersection of teaching, learning and identity including embracing identity , leading with joy , teaching through grief , feeling undervalued in the profession and rethinking classroom culture. They are meaningful, in and of themselves.”

Education 100

Education Elementary School EdTech Geography 100

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Recently, the world of edtech financing has exploded. At the same time, many game-making professionals have grown tired of entertainment-only games and leery of the often toxic culture. What kind of learning games would work for more ordinary teachers, and where would games fit into the traditional curriculum?

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EdTech Pedagogy Professional Development Tradition 126

Digital Promise

JULY 12, 2018

Challenge: Edtech Procurement and Adoption | Response: The Educators’ Playground in Rowan-Salisbury Schools. In a colorful space adjacent to where teachers receive regular professional development training, Rowan-Salisbury Schools has created an Educators’ Playground of edtech where teachers can tinker and test new products.

EdTech 86

EdTech Education Cultures High School 86

ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

One key and solvable challenge is for solutions to be informed by the cultural and contextual expertise of the communities in which they’re implemented. One consideration is that BIPOC solution providers and developers likely possess deep community and cultural expertise but often lack the necessary access to share their solutions.

EdTech 97

EdTech Charter School Cultures Pedagogy 97

Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Which strategies and tools can ground our work in equity, increase edtech efficacy, and develop stronger networks? Discussions on edtech efficacy. EDTECH EFFICACY. southjoseph just shared that the average school district uses 500 edtech products according to data from @LearnTrials #edclusters18 pic.twitter.com/R4mDEa1irU.

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EdTech Education Social Justice Research 62

Edthena

JULY 29, 2021

Traditional schooling can see students as a monolith, causing some to feel lost or alone, in Lacrecia’s view. The key to this is a school culture where failure is OK. Lacrecia said, “Create space for students to be recognized individually, while they’re in those collaborative teams.”. This doesn’t make for a fair game for all.

Tradition 98

Tradition Cultures Education K-12 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2023

Some edtech companies are turning their efforts to mental health, and mental health tech is turning its attention to students. If you want to help to support this culture of care for all students, trying to do that without engaging the families feels like another missed opportunity,” Cipriano says.

Elementary School 98

Elementary School EdTech Middle School High School 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That idea of building a new university had fizzled, though, after Thiel concluded that colleges were too regulated to make the kind of changes he wanted within the traditional systems. So he had decided to try his subversive fellowship instead. Thiel barely appears as a character in the movie — his scene is less than a minute long.

Economics 124

Economics Charter School High School Tradition 124

Edthena

JANUARY 28, 2021

We minimized the “sage on the stage” instructional model where lecture dominates learning time, and intentionally built our traditional classes around small group learning structures. The imagined university would have faculty with experience in culturally responsive instruction. Optimize project-based training.

Project-Based Learning 52

Project-Based Learning Professional Development Tradition Cultures 52

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

I know this might rub technology aficionados the wrong way, but the fact remains that edtech has been over-promised and under delivered. Relevant, job-embedded learning opportunities that move away from traditional drive-by approaches will help to sustain meaningful change. These need to be built both internally and externally.

Leadership 357

Leadership Artifacts EdTech Pedagogy 357

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

(Younger children in the school take courses using more-traditional online tools, including Microsoft Teams.) 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.

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