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Why I Believed Edtech Could Save My School — and How It Failed Me

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It wasn’t that I didn't value, cherish and miss the face-to-face interactions I had with my students, but because I naively assumed that my more reluctant colleagues would see the light and finally embrace edtech. Are we just educational luddites or has the edtech revolution fallen short of its promises ?

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

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. — Deepak Cheenath That puts CoCo’s strategies to keep students engaged or motivated to learn at complete odds with what many edtech companies have been trying to do to teach literacy or STEM — mimic online games like Robolox or Minecraft that children spend hours immersed in outside of school. Quizizz is embodying this shift.

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Using Robotics to Support Sustainability

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By Devin Partida STEM educators have numerous tools at their disposal to keep students engaged with technology. It’s necessary in a tech-driven world, where students crave modern interactivity to maintain their attention and process concepts.

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How to Start Class with Opening Questions

Cool Cat Teacher

Last year when I needed to take a college CEU course, I chose Advancement Courses and learned so much about teaching computer science in the classroom. Let's talk about some of your current research that's going to relate to student engagement, both face to face and online. It was a class called “EdTech and Design.”

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How Robots Can Be Used in Autism Therapy

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By Shannon Flynn People are increasingly interested in how robots can help humans. From manufacturing facilities and complicated surgical procedures to preventing loneliness among older people and other isolated individuals, the possibilities are endless.

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FREE STEM Resources with Chris Woods

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This article is based on the CoderZ podcast, EdTech MixTape and has been edited for clarity. We all want students engaged in meaningful, hands-on learning. Or I’m looking for resources for computer science for kids ? STEM can seem like such a big challenge for teachers and school leaders alike.

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How Crucial Is Artificial Intelligence to the Rise of Ed Tech?

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Parents, students, teachers and administrators had to remain flexible, adjust to virtual learning environments and adopt new digital technologies to facilitate learning. By Ellie Poverly Image Source: www.unsplash.com. Anyone in the education sector knows that new technologies are poised to revolutionize the traditional classroom.