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Edtech Is Looking to Build Tools to Foster Student Engagement. Can That Scale?

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With student disengagement and mental health problems on the rise, edtech solutions are trying to help rebuild that student connection. At this year’s ASU GSV Summit, an annual gathering of edtech investors and companies, scaling learning communities arose as a major theme. And, if so, what seems to be working?

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7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

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This will take many forms, from institutions evolving their operations to students optimizing their learning with technology to caregivers connecting directly with their children’s education through edtech services. To implement these technologies, edtechs must first establish a solid foundation and strategy.

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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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5 Steps to Ensure Your Classroom Technology Refresh Delivers

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Is your classroom technology falling short of its promise of changing the classroom dynamic? For school district technology leaders, navigating a potential refresh of classroom technology can be daunting. A technology refresh is not just about keeping up with the latest trends or adding the latest features.

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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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Getting up to Speed: Teacher Prep and Technology Integration

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We know technology is a challenge for veteran teachers. What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements. The student today learns much differently than students did five years ago.

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

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Some of this perceived disengagement undoubtedly is a symptom of the ongoing health crisis, which exposed many students to new degrees of illness, stress and competing responsibilities in their personal lives. It just helps to have that additional guidance, support and partnering with a student, to help teach them how to manage their time.”