EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
The Ready Player One Test: Systems for Personalized Learning
We can examine how regeneration can support innovative pedagogy in immersive learning environments by digging a little deeper. Dagan Bernstein shares more in their latest post.
Is Knowledge Power? What the AI Conversation is Missing
The age of AI begs the question: what skills and knowledge are uniquely human? With massive search engine capacity and AI tools to scan, reorganize, and create new ways of interpreting information, where should learners be focusing their time and attention? Mason and Nate from Getting Smart explores in their latest post.
Seven Summer Learning Tools Parents Should Know
Summer is in session but that doesn’t mean that learning needs to stop. Here are seven tools every parent should know.
A Transformative School Year with AI
Rachelle Dené Poth shares educator and student thoughts on how emerging tech like AI has impacted their school year.
Generative AI is a New Partner in Learning Experience Design
Generative AI will become a widely used instructional design partner for curriculum directors, teachers, and students.
The Rise of AI: New Rules for Super T Professionals and Next Steps for EdLeaders
The rise of artificial intelligence, especially generative AI, boosts productivity in content creation--text, code, images and increasingly video. Here are six preliminary conclusions about the nature of work and learning.
Context Matters: The Why and How of Building Context into School-Based Research
A district’s edtech implementation context has a huge influence on whether edtech tools are effective, but researchers rarely take contextual factors into account in any systematic way. The Edtech Context Inventory (CI), a validated survey from the Edtech Evidence Exchange, helps district teams measure their implementation context so they have evidence to make edtech decisions.
Three Ways AI Can Help Teachers Save Time Now
Here are three ways AI can support teachers, as well as three examples of tools that help teachers get important work done more efficiently.
Balancing Act: Preserving Children’s Rights in the Digital Age
As policymakers increasingly wade into regulating children’s access to and use of online technologies, the time has come for a national conversation about youth rights in the digital age. Requiring thoughtful content filters and age-appropriate design that encourages digital citizenship will be far more effective in the long run than sweeping restrictions.
Data Science Must Be Embedded in K12 Education
A big coalition is forming around this idea including Data Science for Everyone. This post includes a few examples of what school districts are doing to incorporate data science into their curriculum.