ED Surge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2023

But as someone who has long helped entrepreneurs enter and grow within the edtech space, I can say that turning a good idea into a working innovation that helps educators and students remains a challenge. Instead of going to college to get a job, traditional students increasingly find or create a job that comes with college.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2023

I remember vividly as a young principal when I started to drink the “edtech” Kool-Aid many years ago. Up until this point, my thinking was relatively traditional and as such, so was the culture of my school. It represented a true turning point in how I thought about change in education.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The hearing will test what critics of the case say was a suit meant to silence concerns about a controversial edtech service. The suit, which has become infamous among edtech critics, accused Linkletter of copyright infringement for posting tweets that criticized Proctorio, whose services the University of British Columbia used.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

When it comes to education technology (edtech), school leaders and developers alike want to provide the best tools—ones that truly make a difference. The body of research on how people learn is full of tips that edtech developers can use to make learning more effective. Using the Digital Promise Edtech Pilot Framework ?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Unfortunately, too many of our investments in educational technology (edtech) have fallen far short of our civil rights aspirations. Taking a more critical look at edtech. Why do we hold edtech products to a lower standard than many other educational factors that interact with our students? We need to make a change.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

However, although virtual reality and simulation tools can indeed be costly, they also have the potential to be especially useful at the very same institutions that lack resources for traditional teaching equipment that is even more expensive, like advanced science labs or workforce-training technology.

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Digital Promise

JULY 9, 2019

Despite the challenges educators face when trying to purchase edtech tools, new procurement tools have emerged that support evidence-based decision making when choosing and buying edtech products. Start with a Needs Assessment to Prioritize Students when Purchasing Edtech. Discovering Edtech that Aligns with Students’ Needs.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

While edtech isn’t explicitly within her purview, she works hand in hand with the district’s technology department because, as she says, “in this day and age, it's hard to do much without some form of technology in the classroom.” How would you describe your district’s approach to edtech procurement prior to enrolling in this course?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This blog post is the second of a two-part series discussing relationship building in the edtech purchasing process. In our first blog post , we addressed how educators can build and maintain good working relationships with edtech developers. As an edtech vendor, you should do the same. Focus on teacher impact and usage.

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ED Surge

JUNE 19, 2024

Picture it: a room bustling with eager five-year-olds unaccustomed to center procedures and five iPads as the hottest commodity amidst blocks, dolls and traditional learning stations. Below are nine key features I look for during the edtech selection process. What’s the Kindergarten version of the Hunger Games? Imagine that.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

When it comes to #edtech in the classroom ask yourself these two questions to determine effectiveness: 1. It is essential to understand that the role of any digital tool or experience is to empower learners to think in ways that represent a fundamental improvement over traditional practice. Recently I posted the following tweet.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It can bring traditional textbooks to life by adding interactive elements like videos, models or supplementary information to printed pages. Heather Brantley Educator, Instructional Technologist and Edtech Consultant EdSurge: What sparked your interest in incorporating more technology into your teaching methods?

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Who Is Edtech Made for?

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Education technology solutions can be tapped to support every student, no matter where they are—whether they’re working with a certified teacher or an uncredentialed one, or whether they’re homeschooled or in a traditional classroom with 29 other students.

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Edthena

AUGUST 25, 2021

We suggest allowing for choice in assignments, choice in student use of edtech tools, and choice in student work partners (if appropriate). We suggest allowing for choice in assignments, choice in student use of edtech tools, and choice in student work partners (if appropriate). Use EdTech Tools that Support All Modes of Learning.

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ED Surge

JULY 13, 2022

The answer(s) may have implications for designing new edtech tools—and VR technology intended to be used beyond the classroom, too. Does edtech work better as a solo encounter or a group experience? To immerse, or not to immerse? For professors designing virtual reality versions of Shakespeare’s plays, that is the question.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

One of the draws to credentialing programs is that they afford learners unparalleled flexibility while requiring a considerably smaller investment of time than traditional degree programs. As an edtech organization whose background is in standards and interoperability, 1EdTech is positioned to contribute here.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

That may lead to less outsourcing of services from edtech companies. On either side of that window, opportunity diminishes” for edtech vendors. Some COOs who responded to the survey expressed worry that students may seek online learning because they believe those courses are easier than traditional, face-to-face courses.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

edtech market recently. If you listen to the company’s chief executive, it’s thriving because it runs a hybrid model for its entrepreneurship training programs that, the company argues, keeps it growing when a lot of edtech companies have had to struggle with the return to in-person learning. edtech market.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For businesses, artificial intelligence has proven immensely profitable, by some accounts even lifting the overall amount of funding flowing to edtech last year. While he’s enthusiastic about its potential, others are less sure what to think about it. That’s led to a frenetic rush to market educational tools as AI.

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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. Kindergarten teachers at Sto-Rox transitioned from traditional assessments like DIBELS to EarlyBird at the start of the 2022-2023 school year.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We came away wondering why people don’t talk more about this bit of recent edtech history, and what lessons could still be learned from it. Schonfeld is a longtime leader in the library community and is a program director at Ithaka S+ R a nonprofit education consultancy. Listen to the entire interview on this week’s EdSurge Podcast.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2014

Every school has a story, or a “brand” that captures the mission, the norms, the traditions and the values of the school population. EdTech ideas for flattening those classroom walls and letting parents in. How do you achieve that? With transparent communication and lots of it!

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ED Surge

MARCH 11, 2022

In recent years, blockchain technology has become a buzzword in the edtech sector. The inclusion of these informal learning experiences in a trusted and reliable way has great potential for students and particularly for lifelong and non-traditional learners. Updates must be validated collectively. A privately learned new language?

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2018

These were just some of the challenges addressed by innovative startups from across the western United States in the semi-finals of the 2018 Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESA), co-sponsored by Digital Promise and GSVlabs, and the Michelson Foundation on November 15. GESA is the largest edtech startup competition in the world.

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ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2022

Digital innovation did not bring traditional higher education to its knees. Colleges are under plenty of stress, but competition from online alternatives to traditional campuses are low on the list of pressures. Even Microsoft's Bill Gates predicted that online education would undermine the very foundations of U.S. million.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Bhaumik Patel DAOs are also emerging at traditional higher ed institutions, too. In the Eduverse, teacher avatars will teleport around to digital edtech hubs, where they can learn new technology skills to add to their credential chains.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

Flexible Use of Time In many cases, digital tools provide an asynchronous response and inquiry platform, which is impossible in traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms. Whether written or video-based, online discussions offer diverse perspectives, collaborative opportunities, and time for contemplation and planning before responding.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2020

When evaluating edtech tools, look for those that are certified as research-based to support the needs of the diverse learners in your classrooms and schools. With the continuous rush of a traditional school day, many times those opportunities fall by the wayside. Leveraging Better Time Management. Creativity Abounds.

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

Combining his love for IT with his dedication to advancing higher education, Dahlgren now serves as the CEO of Anthology , a leading global provider of edtech ecosystems for universities. There are active debates about the value of the traditional college experience, and I understand that perspective.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As educators, we tend to be on a continuous quest for innovative edtech tools that will enhance the learning experience for students. Discourage traditional homework assignments involving written tasks and essays, especially with unreliable AI detection tools. Remove grading for non-end-of-year assessment work.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. It was only in the ’70s that we started recruiting traditional-aged students onto a campus. And it was only in 1968 that we got a campus. It was a lot of work to do.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It is not uncommon for teachers to spend hours searching through edtech tools to customize and differentiate for individual student needs. What if you want to see what your students are doing on those screens in the traditional classroom? In a typical setting, we can move around our classroom.

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ED Surge

MAY 6, 2022

Coursera, another giant online provider that works with traditional colleges, runs special rate promotions as well. That was one prediction of the late David Noble, a critic of edtech, in the 1997 essay “Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education.”

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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. They are meaningful, in and of themselves.”

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