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Imparting Value When It Comes to Change

A Principal's Reflections

I remember vividly as a young principal when I started to drink the “edtech” Kool-Aid many years ago. Up until this point, my thinking was relatively traditional and as such, so was the culture of my school. It represented a true turning point in how I thought about change in education.

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Edtech Entrepreneurs Must Find New Ways to Build Community

ED Surge

But as someone who has long helped entrepreneurs enter and grow within the edtech space, I can say that turning a good idea into a working innovation that helps educators and students remains a challenge. Instead of going to college to get a job, traditional students increasingly find or create a job that comes with college.

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The Two Most Important Questions to Ask to Determine if Learning is Taking Place

A Principal's Reflections

Common vision, language, expectations, and look-fors go a long way to creating a vibrant learning culture. When it comes to #edtech in the classroom ask yourself these two questions to determine effectiveness: 1. Recently I posted the following tweet. Are kids thinking? How are they applying their thinking?

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

ED Surge

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?

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

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.

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What ‘Shakespeare Karaoke’ Teaches About the Virtual Reality Future

ED Surge

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.

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'As Educators, We Must Tell the Truth'

ED Surge

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.”