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EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us

Edsurge

Last fall, nearly six and a half years after my SMART board was fixed, I started a new job and became a deeper learning coordinator, leading the implementation and creation of an edtech ecosystem for the entire Reynoldsburg school district. My district's purchase of a new blended learning software followed the same formula.

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What is an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities?

Neo LMS

Schools and universities have been leveraging the power of edtech for quite a while now. Students have continued pursuing their studies despite prolonged lockdowns through platforms such as learning management systems (LMSs) and video conferencing software. Lower dropout rates.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2019

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High School Dropout. The title of Anthony Johnson’s book explains why he’s an unlikely educator: it’s called “High School Dropout to Teacher of the Year.” Will the Edtech Industry Pay Attention? Here's the count-down of the most-listened-to episodes of the year. Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. Rebel ‘Mayor.’

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AllHere Gets a ‘Nudge’ to Scale Low-Cost, Research-Backed Way to Improve Student Outcomes

Edsurge

Along with a software engineer, he started a nonprofit, EdNudge , to build tools that would help schools deliver personalized nudges to students and parents via text automatically. He has partnered with other edtech companies on research projects, and he says he first met Smith about two years ago. But sometimes these efforts backfire.

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Why education is really a relationship business

eSchool News

For all our conversations about edtech and curriculum and funding and unions and building schools and transportation and testing and every other thing, education is about people. One of the reasons that translation software may never replace native speakers is the subtleties in language and context. What are they passionate about?

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there. He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. As Napster “unbundled” music albums, edtech startups are unpacking the degree.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” ” This, from Edsurge , is pretty awful: “Why Edtech Executives Are Keeping a Close Eye on Preschool Demographics.”