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Bridging the Disconnect Between Edtech Research and Educators

By Matthew Lynch
February 14, 2019

The exhibitor floor at a major edtech convention must be seen to be believed: hundreds of vendors with thousands of new products vie for ...

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Here is What Inspired Me to Launch The Tech Edvocate

By Matthew Lynch
January 25, 2019

Every once and a while some asks me: “Why did you decide to launch The Tech Edvocate?” In response, I decided to write an ...

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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 Education Leadership Higher Education EdTech Teachers

Smart Glasses: Looking at Education with New Lenses

While his students work in collaborative groups, Mr. Jacobs reviews recent achievement data for each student. He’s looking to see how students answered questions on each objective for their last ...
Educational Leadership Teachers

When Education Data Takes a Dystopian Turn

You expect the teachers at school to know a lot about your child. After all, teachers are with their students for 6 to 7 hours a day, five days a ...
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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 ...
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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 Startups & Businesses Education Leadership

How to Make Your Education Conference More Productive

Organizing a conference is one thing, organizing one that turns out to be productive is quite another. Conference experts agree that most conferences are a waste of time and money. ...
EdTech Startups & Businesses Education Leadership

How to Host an Education Conference on a Limited Budget

According to Forrester Research, marketing departments spend 24% of their total annual budgets on live events in order to connect with customers, educate attendees, and generate new leads. But what ...
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How to Evaluate if Education Conference Attendance is Paying Off for Your Edtech Company

Most people agree that if you are new to the industry, education conferences are the best way to get lots of good information in a short time. But, for those ...
Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech Education Leadership Higher Education EdTech Teachers

Smart Glasses: Looking at Education with New Lenses

While his students work in collaborative groups, Mr. Jacobs reviews recent achievement data for each student. He’s looking to see how students answered questions on each objective for their last ...
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 ...

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