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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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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

The baseline evidence shared is in the context of determining the fidelity of innovative practices that currently exist and are implemented on a routine basis (including examples of data, lesson plans, unit plans, student work, PLC minutes, rigorous digital performance tasks, walk-through forms, assessments, sample observations/evaluations, portfolios, (..)

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What teachers want from AI

The Hechinger Report

An AI instructional coach designed to help English teachers create lesson plans and project ideas. These aren’t tools created by education technology companies. Others were meant to lessen teacher workload by helping with lesson planning or project ideas; several were designed to assist English language learners.

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

ED Surge

Leading By Example For Alana Winnick, educational technology director at Pocantico Hills Central School District in Sleepy Hollow, New York, it’s important to make it clear to colleagues when she uses generative AI in a way that is new — and which people may not even realize is possible.

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How Augmented Reality Helps Teachers Reach More Students

ED Surge

Renee Dawson Educational Technology Specialist at Atlanta Public Schools “Augmented reality is when you take something that you can already see in the world and add an interactive or experiential layer on top. How does augmented reality engage all students? It serves as a bridge for students to connect in the classroom.”

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This Strategy Helped My Students Learn to Disagree Respectfully

ED Surge

That was the last class I taught at the high school before moving into my new role as an assistant professor at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, where I teach a course for pre-service teachers on educational technology. One of the challenges is to find ways to model great teaching while delivering the content my students need.

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Before Using Augmented and Virtual Reality Tools, Teachers Should Develop a Plan

ED Surge

When I ask teachers why they’re using AR or VR, they often tell me they saw an exciting new tool at a conference and found a way to make it work with their lesson plan or that a colleague tried out a tool and mentioned that their students loved it. Questions arise like whether to modify existing lesson plans or create new ones.