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Students’ worry: education technology might predict failure before they have a chance to succeed

The Hechinger Report

Gilliard and Culik recently wrote about the drawbacks to predictive software in education. Its pervasive role in educational technologies needs to be recognized and integrated into the judgments we make about how edtech can categorize students and limit their choices.”. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. “At

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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

The critical element in this equation was skillfully purposefully employing digital resources while ensuring consistency and continuity in all our old and new practices. We merged quantitative and qualitative measures to validate each innovative idea's reasons, processes, and outcomes in detail.

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New National Survey Analyzes Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning

Digital Promise

Online Teaching, Technology, and Learner Variability : Teachers with a high degree of comfort with technology are significantly less likely than others to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s individual learner variability. Social-Emotional Learning as Part of Whole Child Learning.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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Students Know What They’re Looking for Online. Are Colleges Delivering What They Want?

ED Surge

Many depend on accessing course resources and lessons seamlessly from online textbooks or other digital resources. After all, about 70 percent of online students work , while in the wider college population, only about 40 percent are employed. Others find it enriching to participate in online chat and polling.

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Challenges and Possible Solutions for Edtech Procurement: Part 1

Digital Promise

Classrooms are evolving as technology influences the way students learn and educators teach. Educational technology (edtech) companies have capitalized on technology’s potential to personalize learning experiences for students, which can result in content that is layered with mechanisms to support the needs of diverse learners.

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Advancing Digital Literacy for a Digitally Inclusive Future

ED Surge

School districts recognize the need for teaching digital literacy to prepare students for skills they will need to enter the workforce of the future. Adebiyi, an instructional technology specialist at Dekalb County Schools in Georgia, implores schools to “think about the future.

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