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Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology

The Hechinger Report

The researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ( J-PAL ), an organization inside the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scoured academic journals, the internet and evaluation databases and found only 113 studies on using technology in schools that were scientifically rigorous.

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PROOF POINTS: Free, no frills programs lead the class in new federal study of remote learning

The Hechinger Report

Department of Education, called the Institute for Education Sciences, commissioned a report to wade through all the studies on education technology that can be used at home in order to find which ones were proven to work. Teachers don’t have to change their existing lesson plans or textbooks to incorporate it.

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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

ED Surge

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. The update is meant to expand access by spelling out specific technical standards government entities must follow. It will mean they have to act fast.

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How Can Teachers Prepare Students for an AI-Driven Future?

ED Surge

I appreciated having the flexibility to say, I'm super swamped this first week back at school and don’t have time in the evenings; I'm just going to sit down and do this on Sunday when I'm doing my lesson planning. This will help me educate students on spotting deepfakes and discussing the possible implications.

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OPINION: America should learn from Europe and adopt tougher regulations on artificial intelligence

The Hechinger Report

Take speech-recognition technology, for example, which has transformative applications in the classroom: Students can use their voices to demonstrate how well they can read, spell or speak a language and receive real-time feedback. The data generated helps educators tailor their lesson plans and instruction.

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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

ED Surge

Now, we're ready to help teachers seamlessly create lesson plans and send them out to all students — even those who don't have broadband. Will the government continue to subsidize the monthly cost or not? And the best part is nothing changes for the teacher. IEI teacher dashboard "Nothing changes." Can you explain that?

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

ED Surge

It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education.

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