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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

Edsurge

Collaboration and open dialogue are key as we navigate this terrain, ensuring innovation meets the needs of today's educational institutions. When building up edtech resources for any learning environment, whether it be a K-12 school district, institution of higher education or professional development, there is a lot to consider.

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Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District Supports Innovative Teaching and Learning with New EdTech Resources 

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

Edsurge

Eastern and Central time zones, since that worked well for our meetings, sales operations and customer support times for schools. We used Skype for our daily/weekly, 1-on-1 and group meetings. It helped reinforce accountability; for example, we reviewed the status of everyone’s tasks in our weekly team meetings using screen share.

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Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018

Edsurge

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in an edtech company’s board meeting, or what keeps founders up at night, here was your chance to find out. The same principle applies to edtech companies. Scaling a business to profitability while operating on a freemium model is nearing urban myth status. Don’t try to beat ‘em.

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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

Digital citizenship tools for teachers Edtech tools that support digital citizenship make it easier to teach students while learning is happening. Streamline substitute teacher days When educators are away from the classroom for the day or for an IEP meeting, for example, they can still promote digital citizenship.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

Accompanying the commitment to provide universal access to learning technologies for learners must be a parallel effort to ensure that all students have the age-appropriate skills to use those tools to meet their educational goals, including knowledge of basic computer operations, computer programming, and media and information literacy concepts.

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What is pedagogy? Understanding the foundations of effective teaching and learning

Hapara

In simple terms, pedagogy is how educators approach instruction and learning, use curriculum and plan to meet goals. Educators can do this through consistent formative feedback based on academic standards so learners can progress toward more complex activities.