Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic challenges schools around the world to keep students engaged in remote learning and to use technology in new ways, many have turned to instructional technology coaches (also referred to as edtech coaches) for support. Our new report presents findings from a survey of edtech coaches in the U.S.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company. Students across the U.S.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Image Credit: Microsoft Education Many schools have turned the difficulties of adapting to remote and hybrid learning into opportunities to transform how they use technology and enable greater equity. Las Cruces Public Schools is maximizing technology to increase equity and accessibility for all students.

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ED Surge

JUNE 19, 2024

It’s not just about having the latest gadgets; it's about leveraging technology to support their development and enrich their learning journey. Below are nine key features I look for during the edtech selection process. Guidance and resources for parents can significantly enhance the impact of edtech tools on student learning.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

And at least one edtech company is making a similar offer: Instructure, the learning management system provider that runs Canvas, is encouraging its employees to volunteer as substitute teachers for districts. And substitute teaching can also serve as an onramp into the classroom, Teng says.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

The added benefit for me as a result of this training is that I learned about an array of new tools to better assist elementary teachers with technology integration in Spotswood and beyond as I work with educators across the globe. educational technology Learning Professional Development professional learning Spotswood'

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

This blog post is the first of a two-part series discussing relationship building in edtech selection and purchasing. In this first blog post, we’ll address how educators can build and maintain good working relationships with edtech developers. The request for new edtech] doesn’t just come from a want or a wish.”

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

With increased federal support to fund technologies in the classroom, expand broadband access, and put devices in the hands of more students, education technology continues to play an important role in the lives of educators and students. Education technologies and providers also play a role in this essential work.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Over the last few months, EdSurge webinar host Carl Hooker moderated three webinars featuring field-expert panelists discussing the transformative impact of artificial intelligence in the education field. Educator and edtech consultant Rachelle Dené Poth agrees, sharing how she encourages her students to use AI-powered tools in the classroom.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Educators, particularly those entering the field with insufficient training or experience, need immediate access to job-embedded and asynchronous professional development that they can access easily and on their own schedule. We must invest in our teachers.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

As Educational Technology Director for the entire district, Susan Uram is responsible for ensuring that roughly 28,000 students and their teachers have access to the most impactful learning technology available. How would you describe your district’s approach to edtech procurement prior to enrolling in this course?

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

Dr. Katrina McEllen, Assistant Superintendent for Educational Program Services, oversees curriculum for a student population of about 10,500. We hoped to learn not only about the learning sciences, but about edtech and what to look for when you're looking at edtech—to be more knowledgeable about all of these different products and companies.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2023

I saw this post a while back in an educational technology forum: I have been given roughly an hour for PD on January 4th to work with teachers on anything that I’d like. Do you have any free project based EdTech tools that you love? My boss mostly likes for me to introduce new tools to teachers during these opportunities.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Our report also found areas of opportunity in districts’ investments in education technology. Edtech plays an increasingly important role in the classroom. Edtech can also free up teacher time to focus less on administrative tasks and more on building relationships with students.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2023

Edtech has become inseparable from the education system. to find out which edtech products those schools most often use or recommend to students — as well as what risks those tools raise and whether schools are prepared to meet them. The result is that schools sometimes rely on vendor reputation and standard-issue contracts.

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ED Surge

JULY 3, 2023

What’s It Like to Leave the Classroom for a Job in Edtech? For a teacher looking to change careers, pivoting to a job in the education technology industry may seem like a natural fit. When teachers pack up their classrooms for the last time to start their edtech careers, where exactly are they going? Who I am is gone.’”

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Digital Promise

MAY 21, 2019

adults, including 550 public school parents, and an additional 516 public school teachers on a range of issues related to learning, including the capability of students to achieve at high levels, learner variability, tailored approaches to learning, use of educational technology (edtech), and what teachers rely on to do their work.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2017

Motivated by this shared belief, more than 275 higher education and K-12 district leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, investors, policymakers, and educators gathered on May 3rd and 4th in Washington, D.C. In action sessions, participants developed next steps for moving the work forward.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

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. Edtech and Professional Development.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2010

So many exciting things have happened recently as a result of my own learning and growth in educational technology and leadership. As a result, I have seen my own knowledge increase in these areas, participated in exciting professional development opportunities, presented at both my school and at other events on web 2.0,

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. I follow several edtech accounts that offer ideas on using AI in the classroom, and I adjust the ideas to my different classes.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. I was looking for something that was backed by great research, had good tech support and would have professional development,” Van Fossan says.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

Our collaboration with Minecraft Education experts was pivotal in designing an all-encompassing educational odyssey. Partnering with Insight 2 Execution (i2e) , highly skilled edtech consultants, connected us with nationwide experts in Minecraft Education.

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ED Surge

MARCH 14, 2022

Many believe that technology is the key to addressing any perceived learning loss, as well as redefining teaching and learning. Karen Adams, the Head of America’s Professional Development at Promethean , recently offered her perspective on where we are and where we’re going. There is a learning revolution taking place.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 3, 2023

The introduction of generative AI into society shines a bright spotlight on these educators. So education leaders are investing in new training and professional development for teachers on the best use cases for AI. Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Looking at emerging edtech trends relative to DEI, we need to understand how accessibility is being addressed (or not) and provide strategies to help ensure that it is prioritized. Magic EdTech reshapes learning solutions for clients during different stages of their product and platform journey.

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ED Surge

JULY 5, 2022

Yet, some sectors—including the education ecosystem— haven’t kept pace with the rapid change. We urgently need a comprehensive and modern curriculum, which thoughtfully incorporates edtech, along with a scalable and practical teacher development program to build a sustainable learning ecosystem that supports future generations.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the evolving landscape of education, one topic has taken center stage: generative AI. As educators, we tend to be on a continuous quest for innovative edtech tools that will enhance the learning experience for students.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

If we're going to ask students to use technology and prepare them for this world filled with technology, it's our responsibility as schools [and teachers] to help them use it safely, effectively and for good purposes. Our approach to engaging families has been a learning process.

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ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

Having seen such positive changes firsthand, Elliott Levine , director of business development at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. , is excited about the newest technologies and their impact on the learning experience. Before transitioning to EdTech, Levine enjoyed 30 years working in various positions in K-12 and higher ed.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

Michael Paul Ida Michael Paul Ida , a high school math and computer science teacher in Hawaii shared insights on the importance of bringing a healthy dose of skepticism to edtech and how teachers are disengaging from professional development.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Both have found immense global popularity among pre-teens and teens and a large following among educators willing to introduce these games during class time. Recently, the world of edtech financing has exploded. Education games, by and large, prefer to target younger learners and perhaps safer, more straightforward game mechanics.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

million daycare centers to develop the tools and knowledge to become a skilled early childhood educator. We take them on this professional development journey over the course of one to two years. Our] mission is to make quality education and learning accessible to every child from the earliest stage possible.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Through this work, we see powerful examples of innovation across education — from students creating their own virtual reality (VR) films, to researchers working with technology developers to improve edtech efficacy, to educators rethinking their own professional development with the use of micro-credentials.

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ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

Memories of the continual improvement he was able to do back then have stuck with him as his career has progressed, including jobs as a high school history teacher, an edtech consultant to schools, a doctoral student and professor, and director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab. And Reich has made it a personal goal to share the lesson.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 1, 2017

A new book aims to help educators successfully make and implement a plan for using video-based learning as part of the classroom observation and professional development process. Annie Lewis O’Donnell is an independent educational consultant.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning. Vrain uses Edthena.

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