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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Engagement : Interactive tools, such as gamified learning apps, make lessons more engaging, which can lead to better retention and understanding of complex subjects. You’ll witness a shift where traditional boundaries dissolve, allowing for personalized learning experiences tailored to individual needs.

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10 Ideas for Primary ELA Stations

A Principal's Reflections

Technology Station : Here is a great way to integrate digital literacy and acquire data using adaptive tools when appropriate. Use tablets or computers with ed-tech tools focused on ELA skills, such as letter recognition, phonics games, or digital storytelling tools.

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How to Do Adaptive Learning Right

Edsurge

But optimizing a flawed model of education is not in the best interests of our students, and from a learning outcomes perspective may make things worse than they already are. In the case of adaptive learning, education commentator Audrey Watters gave examples of how things can go badly wrong on her blog. Tune too easy?

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Guest post: Using EdTech and AI to reduce social inequality

EdTech4Beginners

We are also able to offer immediate feedback and a more productive way of learning from their mistakes. An incredible feature of Seneca is the use of a smart algorithm that creates an adaptive learning platform. The intervention group used Seneca Learning on a tablet.

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LeapFrog’s $140 tablet includes some adaptive learning features

eSchool News

New tablet adjusts learning to young learners’ needs. The tablet, called Epic , is meant for students from pre-K to about nine years old. According to the company, this includes more than 5,000 videos, images, websites and games “reviewed and approved by LeapFrog learning experts.”

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5 Recent Advances in Educational Technology - guest post

Educational Technology Guy

According to an article at washingtonpost.com , its actually not that uncommon - "70,000 school-age children wake up each morning for class and walk as far as the nearest Web-enabled gadget…" which is sometimes sitting at the side of their bed in the form of a laptop or tablet.

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From pencils to pixels: Tech is shaping the future of education

eSchool News

Now think about how far the classroom has come since then–schools stocked with iPads and tablets, interactive touchscreens, and even virtual reality headsets. However, this push to digitize doesn’t just involve remote learning technologies, but also tools for in-person learning.