Author: Matthew Lynch
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The Dark Side of Edtech Purchasing
Many schools are heavily researching the need to purchase educational technology for their classrooms. Educators are mostly in agreement that some of these technological advancements can ... -
My Vision for the Future of Interactive Surfaces in Education
Interactive surfaces, like SmartBoards and other touch-screen tools, have become popular in education over the past decade or so. The rise in popularity of these interactive ... -
Are We Really Ready For Disruption In Edtech?
A species of innovation, disruption in edtech involves radically shaking up the way that we think about, and use, edtech. One of the most recent disruptions ... -
Is Edtech Fueling Anti-Intellectualism?
There seems to be a growing trend of people who are disinterested in thorough education these days. This trend toward anti-intellectualism should be a major concern ... -
The Harsh Criticism that Edtech Needs to Hear
If you attended elementary school in the 1970s or 1980s, you probably had open classrooms. This meant that there were no walls—except for the chalkboards and ... -
Does Edtech Reduce the Cost of Teaching and Learning?
It’s no secret that our modern education system is under extreme pressure to slash the budget even further. Classroom sizes are increasing, teacher salaries are decreasing, ... -
10 Characteristics of an Innovative Classroom
If your goal is to engage and educate students to the greatest extent possible, you need to consider the benefits of an innovative classroom. An innovative ... -
What’s Happening in the Brain of a Multi-Lingual Child?
Have you ever considered what might be going in the mind of someone who happens to be multilingual? Modern research continues to point to the fact ... -
How Edtech is Facilitating Student Activism
Have you noticed that students are growing increasingly likely to take part in social justice? Students have always been likely to participate in protests and defend ... -
Amazon, Google, Apple, and Microsoft Continue to Fight for the Education Market
With the evolution of edtech, schools across the nation are implementing technology more than ever before. Districts are adopting instructional software, teachers are delivering more content ...