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Assistive Technology to Help Students with Apraxia Succeed Academically

By Matthew Lynch
May 23, 2018

Apraxia is the absence of voluntary muscle control. Regardless of how healthy the muscles may appear, the user has no control over them. The ...

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Apps and Tools That Will Help You Develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

By Matthew Lynch
May 22, 2018

A well thought out Individualized Education Plan (IEP) represents some of the best personalized planning in education. The IEP lays out a year’s worth ...

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Assistive Technology to Help Students with Cerebral Palsy Succeed Academically

By Matthew Lynch
May 20, 2018

Cerebral palsy is a complicated condition characterized by difficulty with movement. It may cause low muscle tone, poor muscle control, or issues with posture ...

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Assistive Technology to Help Students with Articulation Disorder Succeed Academically

By Matthew Lynch
May 19, 2018

Some students encounter extraordinary challenges when it comes to forming the sounds of everyday communication. This may be due to a structural problem with ...

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Assistive Technology to Help Students with Developmental Delays Succeed Academically

By Matthew Lynch
May 18, 2018

Developmental delays can affect almost every area of a child’s life. This broad issue can cover any possible milestone that a child doesn’t meet ...

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Does Artificial Intelligence Improve Student Outcomes?

By Matthew Lynch
April 24, 2018

Artificial intelligence can improve student outcomes. Teachers are now able to provide their students with immersive learning experiences utilizing not only virtual reality (VR) ...

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How Artificial Intelligence is Improving Assistive Technology

By Matthew Lynch
April 24, 2018

The advances in technology could mean more for society than just new educational technology and virtual reality video games. People with disabilities are finding ...

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Let Us Help You Promote Your Education Related Product!

By Matthew Lynch
October 19, 2017

If you want to market to the EdTech arena’s most influential audience, then The Tech Edvocate is your publication of choice. The Tech Edvocate ...

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6 Ways That Edtech Can Help Students with Autism

By Matthew Lynch
September 12, 2017

Some people would be astounded that statistics indicate one out of every 68 students is on the autism spectrum. Therefore, traditional ways of educating ...

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The Tech Edvocate’s List of 13 Assistive Technology Apps, Tools and Resources

By Matthew Lynch
July 17, 2017

The way that K-12 learners are taught is in rapid flux, particularly when it comes to students in special education programs. According to a ...

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Best of Best Lists Digital Age Teachers

The Tech Apps that Teachers Need

Teachers need another thing to do like most students need more candy right after breakfast. That’s why educators cringe when administrators talk about new initiatives or want to pilot a ...
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5 Reasons Why I Am Thankful For Edtech

Since edtech hit the scene many moons ago, it has been hotly debated. It’s seen as a panacea to some and the scourge of the education system to others. How ...
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38 Amazing Edtech Tools for Student Creation and Innovation

Are you looking for edtech tools that will allow your students to tap into their creativity? We got you covered. In this article, we will profile 38 amazing edtech tools ...
Best of Best Lists Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech

14 Project-Based Learning Activities for the Science Classroom

One of the most popular methods of facilitating deep learning in K-12 schools in problem-based learning. It starts, as the name suggests, with a problem. In this model, students are ...
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25 of the Best Apps for Kids in the Fifth Grade

At last count, there were over 80,000 educational apps available to teachers. There are apps for everything: literacy, STEM, productivity, audiovisual, etc. There are apps which improve accessibility for students ...

Child Development Tech

Less Screen Time and More Socialization

It probably won’t come as a surprise to you that we spend too much time in front of a computer screen. We work in front of a computer, check our ...
Child Development Tech Parent & Family Tech

How to Talk to Parents About Safety on School-Provided Technology

With the advent of digital learning, learners have been exposed to several technologies and devices such as Chromebooks, tablets, and laptops at school and home. However, these devices have more ...
Child Development Tech Featured Fresh

Can Too Much Screen Time Cause Developmental Delays in Young Children?

In our modern age, more parents and teachers are turning to technology than ever before. Screen time is a normal household occurrence even with young children who might be too ...
Child Development Tech Featured Fresh Parent & Family Tech

5 Common Questions People Have About Learning Apps

Learning apps have been steadily rising in popularity and availability. Many parents are excited at the prospect of taking a more active role in shaping their child’s education. Selecting the ...
Child Development Tech

Is Tech Improving Education or Turning Our Kids into Zombies

There is no doubt you have wondered whether the unlimited access to technology this generation has is influencing them for better or for worse. When it comes to education, we ...

Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech Educational Leadership Teachers

How Edtech will Change School Culture

For more than 100 years, we’ve relied on the factory model for providing education. Born of the industrial age, when efficient systems mattered most in producing a product, the factory ...
Artificial Intelligence Educational Leadership Teachers

How Machine Learning Is Helping Us to Understand the Brain

Machine learning is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed. Learning itself is intimately human. ...
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Don’t Get Used: Make Edtech Companies Deliver on Their Promises

Most educators have done it. They bought an edtech product from a company, only to discover that the product didn’t work the way the company promised. A defect was never ...
EdTech Futures Teachers

Life Before Edtech: Access to Tech Devices

Lately, I have been reminiscing about my early years as a teacher, and how things have changed since then. It has been 17 years since I began my career as ...
Featured Fresh Teachers

Redefining Edtech’s Place in Teacher Preparation Programs

In many teacher preparation programs, the curriculum was set years if not decades ago and is not frequently changed due to the realities of institutional requirements and bureaucratic inertia. But ...

Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech Education Leadership Featured Fresh

The Responsibilities of Leading with Technology

The flowering of edtech over the last decade has created an amazing landscape. Being a leader in this field is truly an astounding opportunity to connect students with the digital ...
Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech Education Leadership

How Education Leaders Can Model Edtech Best Practices

The field of educational technology is blossoming as never before. With the proliferation of mobile devices and the abundance of free online tools, there are possibilities for educational engagement that ...
Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech Education Leadership Teachers

5 Questions Principals Should Ask When Hiring Future-Ready Teachers

One of the hardest tasks that a principal has to perform is hiring teachers. I know that this may seem a bit far-fetched, but when you hire a new teacher, ...
Digital & Mobile Technology Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech Education Leadership

9 Tips for Being a Education Leader in the Digital Age

Being an education leader has always be hard. But in the digital age, the stakes have been increased. So how can digital leaders best this gargantuan challenge? Here are my ...
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What District Leaders Want from Companies at Conferences

If you are surrounded by your company banner, brochures, products and boxes full of swag, you are probably packing up for an education conference. Armed with the best of what ...