ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2022

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? Then, Public Education. It will be big.

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ED Surge

JULY 2, 2024

In the meantime, many new features and products released in recent weeks focus on helping educators with administrative tasks or responsibilities like creating lesson plans and other classroom materials. And those are the kinds of behind-the-scenes uses of AI that students may never even know are happening.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The companies pledged to focus on researching the societal dangers of AI, such as the perpetuation of bias and abuse of privacy, and to develop AI that addresses those dangers. The data generated helps educators tailor their lesson plans and instruction. Can teachers review and override the data your product generates?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2023

We dove into the role of teachers in edtech decision-making and the use of evidence in the development of learning technologies. We explored new efforts by school districts to address staff shortages and other ongoing fallout from the pandemic, including four-day school weeks and more flexible, better-paying teaching programs.

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ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

. … But I think a lot of the other pieces that edtech has traditionally worked on or even other parts of the education system, maybe some of the more administrative tasks, I think it is important for everyone to be wondering how AI might change that. Why were you drawn to that area? Do you think AI is now ready to serve as a viable tutor?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Research showed that students did not significantly benefit from the news programming, and were more likely to remember the content of commercials than the news. Commercials, shown alongside educational programming, entered one of the last ad-free spaces in children’s lives.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since 2011, Adam has overseen the evolution of Edthena from a paper-based prototype into a research informed and patented platform used by schools districts, teacher training programs, and professional development providers. So I mentioned the lesson plan before. Steve Miletto: Adam Geller is the founder and CEO of Edthena.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The tools educators can use to guide viewing of instructional practice videos are called Focusing Techniques, and they are synthesized from research on teacher learning, self-reflection, and accelerated improvement. Less often mentioned are the tools we use in our approach to viewing and responding to these videos of instructional practice.

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Edthena

AUGUST 29, 2022

Whether it is grading or lesson planning or something else, pick one thing to start with before moving on to the other items on their list. a short passage from a chapter, an Educational Leadership article, a summary of a research paper, or an optional book study). F igure out the task and zoom in. O ne thing at a time.

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ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2022

Rwanda, an African edtech leader, plowed on with the (formerly) UN-backed One Laptop Per Child initiative without explaining how teachers should work with them. educators were dissatisfied with the training they received; only 15 percent believed they had received satisfactory training in edtech. Bart Epstein, CEO of the U.S.-based

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

Tutoring is by far the most effective way to help children catch up at school, according to rigorous research studies. The research community urged schools to spend a big chunk of their roughly $190 billion in federal pandemic recovery funds on what is called “high-dosage” tutoring. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

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ED Surge

MAY 3, 2022

A pre-pandemic poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 78 percent of Americans felt teachers deserve higher pay, but just 50 percent would be OK with higher taxes to fund increases. When you witness good teaching, with engaged students and solid lesson plans, it may look simple, but it’s not.

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