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EdSurge’s Year in Review: The Top 10 K-12 Stories of 2021

ED Surge

But Jeff Bezos is known for playing the long game, and public education is very much part of it, opines Dominik Dresel, a school administrator and edtech entrepreneur. “I The Next Wave of Edtech Will Be Very, Very Big — and Global by Betsy Corcoran Braced for the next wave of edtech? We Need to Make Schools Human Again.

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Why Accessibility Must Be a Part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Initiatives

ED Surge

Organizations that embrace the promotion of DEI tend to establish and follow a core set of guiding principles, particularly in the creation of their educational products, that resemble the following: Respect for human rights; they endeavor to create content that is free of discrimination, implicit or explicit prejudice and bias.

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Unlocking Skills: What Learners and Employers Need to Know About Microcredentials

ED Surge

Credentials that adhere to the Open Badges or CLR [Comprehensive Learner Record] standards have a specific way of packaging that data to be both human-readable and machine-readable. As an edtech organization whose background is in standards and interoperability, 1EdTech is positioned to contribute here.

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2018 Education Innovation Clusters Convening: Looking to the Future

Digital Promise

Which strategies and tools can ground our work in equity, increase edtech efficacy, and develop stronger networks? Discussions on edtech efficacy. Education is the social justice issue of our time…period. EDTECH EFFICACY. How can we adapt EdClusters for long-term sustainability? Reports from the field.

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Teachers: Increase Student Equity and Inclusion by Reflecting on Your Videos

Edthena

“To what extent can we utilize video of teacher candidates as a tool to discuss, reflect, and develop skills in how they interact with other humans?”. A proposal for teacher candidates includes self-reflection of recorded behaviors.