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4 Ways to Discover the Best Edtech

Digital Promise

While we’ve come a long way from the “grasping at straws” syndrome, educators continue to ponder the worth of many educational technology (edtech) products and struggle with the best and most efficient means of choosing these products. So how does a teacher find new edtech products suitable for their classroom and determine their value?

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A Framework for Learning Through the Purposeful Use of Technology

A Principal's Reflections

From here, a variety of practical techniques can be employed, such as cooperative learning, differentiation, performance tasks, problem or project-based learning, etc.

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

ED Surge

The nonprofit was founded in response to the global wildfire adoption of its first-generation learning platform, KA Lite , which provided offline access to Khan Academy videos and exercises. All of this is part of our theory of change. Our goal is to enable sharing in a way that isn't directive.

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Guest Post: Reimagine What Learning Looks Like in a Classroom

Digital Promise

Resources like the Challenge Based Learning framework , tools such as Teams , Flipgrid , Pear Deck (especially in student-paced mode ), and Wakelet , and this blog post about creating authentic distance learning in science class can help us prepare for this new type of work. Leveraging Better Time Management.

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How a Major Academic Disruption May Have Sparked a Learning Revolution

ED Surge

We now have so many great edtech tools to assess in real time. We are transitioning to more project-based learning environments where students can explore, problem solve and report their work back to others. How we measure learning is going to continue to evolve. That is unacceptable. We have to do better.

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Vote for Digital Promise in the 2019 SXSW EDU PanelPicker!

Digital Promise

With that in mind, we invite you to help us tell our stories at SXSW EDU 2019 to spread the word on topics like learner variability, educator micro-credentials, immersive storytelling with 360° technology, maker learning, edtech pilots, data interoperability, and more. Empowering Educator Voice through Edtech Pilots.

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How Choice Boards Energize Teachers for Professional Development and Video Reflection

Edthena

This method ultimately engenders ownership around their professional learning. Adult Learning Theory is grounded in choice,” says Valerie. Beginning her own career as a project-based learning (PBL) teacher, Valerie grounds her professional development design PBL, too.