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

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While I’m not proud to admit it, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought teaching remotely would be a dream come true. 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.

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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.

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As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

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It just helps to have that additional guidance, support and partnering with a student, to help teach them how to manage their time. They may also consider experiments that fellow residential campuses are trying aimed at providing students with more support before they ask for it.

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Why This Small New York District Is Rethinking Its Approach to Edtech Procurement

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I believe solid curriculum, solid teaching and assessments are what we really need to be focusing on.” So, I went and gathered up a few of the teachers who have a similar mindset—that we have to teach in a manner to promote student learning. Part of this process is that I need to actually teach others.

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Advancing Education with Award-Winning EdTech Solutions

Box Light

T he integration of advanced technology has become paramount in driving student engagement and achievement. From interactive displays and 3D printers to campus AV solutions, digital signage, and STEM education curriculum, Boxlight offers a comprehensive suite of tools to enhance teaching and learning.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

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Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. W]hen I think about UDL, that's the question I'm looking for: How am I going to engage all learners? percent to 22.5

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Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 15

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Check out what’s trending in EdTech news! For this edition of the DE EdTech News Roundup, we’ll cover: Appreciating Teachers The "Tech" in EdTech Insights from Education Leaders Appreciating Teachers In case you missed it, May 8 – 12 was Teacher Appreciation Week! But EdTech is really two topics: education and technology.

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