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How edtech is shaping financial literacy for students

eSchool News

Key points: Integrating engaging digital tools can sharpen students’ money management skills Increasing K-12 tech accessibility Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators For more news on curriculum trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Financial literacy is greatly undervalued in today’s digital age. Half of all U.S.

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ISTE 2018: 5 Best Practices for Adhering to Federal Privacy Laws

EdTech Magazine

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) was established in 2001 with the No Child Left Behind Act and is known for its provisions dealing with surveys and assessments. Jena Passut is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K–12.

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

For almost a decade, selling edtech products to schools and districts has felt dangerously like selling a home over the internet. We describe edtech products with all the excitement and adjectives of a fresh listing on Zillow. Now the good news: Over the past year, we’ve seen a broader set of research practices applied to edtech.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

Employed measures of academic achievement that were standardized assessments or norm-referenced district- or school-wide tests; Reported the duration of the study; and, Otherwise provided sufficient statistical data to calculate effect sizes. What did the meta-analysis reveal?

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software.

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Why Education Needs Augmented—Not Artificial—Intelligence

Edsurge

This discomfort has been capitalized upon—perhaps to an exaggerated extent—in movies like Terminator and 2001: Space Odyssey. But it’s time for the edtech community to dispense with this false dichotomy and instead embrace the alternative version of AI: Augmented Intelligence. The dominant narrative of AI pits man against machine.

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Redesigning the educational model after COVID

eSchool News

Our instructional and assessment methods must eradicate the real and perceived barriers of disparities that prevent us from reaching every student. When interrogated with depth and breadth, achievement assessments are inequitable by structure and design. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001).

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