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

ED Surge

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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Education and Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Path to Transformation

ED Surge

The webinars, sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS) , served as a platform for gaining valuable insights from education leaders, policymakers and edtech product developers. Educator and edtech consultant Rachelle Dené Poth agrees, sharing how she encourages her students to use AI-powered tools in the classroom.

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STEM Everyday #227 | Creativity, Iteration, & Strawbees | feat. Erik Thorstensson

STEM Everyday Podcast

Kids love to be creative. Today, Strawbees is an award-winning Swedish EdTech company focused on inspiring the next generation of inventors. Using building and coding systems, and proven hands-on methodology, teachers worldwide are seeing student engagement soar using Strawbees.

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Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering: An Edtech Evolution.

Magic EdTech

Enhance student engagement by leveraging technology . With the above-stated challenges, it becomes vital that EdTech products go through rigorous quality reviews. The post Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering: An Edtech Evolution. appeared first on Magic Edtech. Use digital to enhance learning outcomes .

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The evolution from Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering in the edtech world.

Magic EdTech

Enhance student engagement by leveraging technology. With the above stated challenges its important that quality in edtech is more proactive and agile and gets transformed from Quality Assurance to Agile based Quality engineering. The post The evolution from Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering in the edtech world.

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

ED Surge

By the end of the year, the Dhariwals had created a working prototype for CoCo Learn , which they describe as “a real-time, co-creative platform for young people.” But even as gamification has become a shorthand for engagement, edtech companies have found it challenging to draw a clear distinction between learning and just having fun.

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The Present and the Future of Game-Based Learning in the Ed Tech Industry?

Magic EdTech

Conversations on modernizing education should provide strategies for keeping students motivated and ensuring that they are practicing strategic thinking, confidence, and creativity—skills that they will need in the future workplace. As they advance in their schooling, there is less time available for each student.