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.
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OER Curation at Scale: An Opportunity to Support Personalized Learning
By: Mark Hannah. The ever-developing body of open education resources (OER) can support personalized learning success when it’s curated at scale and considers these few key ingredients.
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10 Apps To Help Students Study Better and Learn Faster
By: Josh Sears. 'Tis the season for final exams! If ever there was a time to take advantage of all tools imaginable to help your students get the best grades possible, it is now. Here are 10 useful apps you can recommend to your students.
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How Digital Literacy Impacts Today’s Classroom
By: Na’ama Y. Rosenberg. Teaching students digital literacy provides the framework they need for appropriately interpreting and interacting online. Here are a few resources that can help in the classroom.
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Making Their Own Learning: Students Review Two Helpful Apps
Although we often think young people are wasting time on the web, I’ve known many students who also scour it for tools that can help them study and learn. Here are two such students reviewing education apps they use and find helpful.
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Why We Use Digital Badges at Del Lago Academy
By: Alec Barron. Here is why educators at Del Lago Academy, an Applied Science focused high school, developed a digital badging system for our students.
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Elementary & Middle Schools Worth Visiting
Here at Getting Smart, we think school visits are the best form of professional learning. Based on a couple thousand school visits, and with help from colleagues and readers, we’ve compiled this list of elementary and middle schools worth visiting.
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Data Interoperability in K-12: Why it Matters
By: Bill Fitzgerald. Data interoperability sounds like one of the least interesting things to talk about, but--with the possible exception of privacy--it’s also one of the most important. Here, I discuss what is at stake if educators continue to ignore it.
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Want to Solve a Problem? Get Smart, Build a Dataset, Apply Smart Tools
Here are seven examples of impact entrepreneurs demonstrating the Cause + Code formula as they choose a problem, develop some domain expertise, build a dataset and apply smart tools in order to make a difference in the world.
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Innov8: #Changemakers
In honor of EdLeaders collaborating to set the bar higher at SXSWedu 2017, this week's stories share the latest on how changemakers everywhere are working hard to find new and innovative ways to improve education.
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Professional Learning: The Power of School Visits
School visits can be a powerful part of a professional learning plan and a critical part of a school transformation effort. Here are five specific reasons we feel school visits are a must-have item for community leader and school member participation.