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5 Questions School Administrators Will Ask About Your Edtech Product
Edtech companies have their work cut out for them when making a sales pitch to new school administrators. Many of them have their entire sales speech ...
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Using Amazon Alexa for Classroom Management
Technology continues to develop new solutions to our everyday problems, but many of these new products can also be used in the classroom. Amazon’s Echo (often referred to as Alexa) is one of the simplest and most affordable tools you can use for classroom management. She can answer student questions, provide entertainment, and even encourage ...10 Things to Know About Poverty and Technology
Technology has been taunted as the solution to poverty, especially the generational one. It offers several opportunities to end poverty, but in some areas, it may also increase poverty. Here are ten things to know about poverty and technology. Technology brings the required tools to enhance value One way to increase earnings is to improve ...Google Classroom Tip #42: STEM Learning
Did you know that you can use Google Classroom to promote STEM learning? In todays tip, we will learn how to do just that. Lab Data – Use Google Docs or Sheets to record lab data in science classes. Lab Notebooks – Use Google Docs or Sheets as a lab notebook in science classes. In ...Analyzing Edtech’s Diversity Problem
It’s well-established that there’s a lack of diversity in the technology sector, regarding both gender and race. In fact, about 83% of tech executives are white males. Although edtech struggles with this problem as well, the good news is that it’s to a lesser extent. According to Forbes, the presence of female founders in edtech ...Increasing Community Engagement with Technology: Why and How It’s Done
There is a wave of individualism sweeping across the world. Most people go on with their activities with little or no interaction with the people around them. Where interaction and exchange of ideas are required, it becomes hard for the relevant authorities to get the community members to interact and engage with each other and ...Google Classroom Tip #41: Create a Virtual Learning Environment
Are you familiar with virtual learning environments? If not, a virtual learning environment is a platform that enables both students and educators to share materials relevant to a course. Modern VLEs such as Blackboard and Moodle support a wide variety of learning technologies, including online quizzes and video broadcasts of lectures. Did you know that ...
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