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3 Reasons Why You Should Use A School LMS To Deliver PD For Teachers

By Matthew Lynch
September 28, 2020

There is always new technology coming out that educators can use to make their students’ lives easier. An important and useful technology is a ...

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How to Avoid Poor Tech Training Practices

By Matthew Lynch
May 19, 2020

Technology training for teachers usually fits into one of two categories. Either it’s well-planned and effective because teachers received thorough training before using a ...

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The Best Noise-Canceling Headphones Of 2020: All The Best Options For Silencing The Noise

Whether you’re a student trying to drown out distractions while studying for a big exam or you’re just someone who really loves immersing themselves in a good song, noise-canceling headphones ...
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The Best YouTube Downloaders For 2020: All The Best Options For Downloading Videos

While YouTube is a true treasure trove of informative and entertaining content for students and educators alike, it can be troublesome trying to access YouTube when WiFi is sketchy or ...
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The Best Screen Recorders Of 2020: All The Best Options For Creating Tutorials, Recording Webinars, ...

Screen recorders are the way of the future for educators and students when it comes to everything from putting together PowerPoint presentations to recording tutorials and conducting webinars. Rather than ...
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The Best Tablets For K-12 and College Educators 2020: All The Best Options For Innovative ...

While a quality laptop is an essential tool in any K-12 or college educators’ teaching toolkit, a great tablet can do a lot of what a laptop can do while ...
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The Best Laptops For K-12 And College Educators 2020: All The Best Options For Innovative ...

A good laptop will do wonders for K-12 and college educators alike, but it’s a great laptop that will separate an educator from their peers when it comes to organization ...

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What Can Amazon Alexa Do for You?

Having a personal assistant is a luxury many people can only dream about. Who wouldn’t want someone to screen calls, schedule appointments, and send reminders. Personal assistants take on many ...
Child Development Tech Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech Higher Education EdTech

5 Ways Technology Is Making Students Anxious

Psychological well-being as measured by self-esteem, life satisfaction, and happiness suddenly decreased amongst students after 2012. This decrease in psychological well-being and increase in anxiety levels are linked to the ...
Child Development Tech Early Childhood

Why Online Preschool Is a Terrible Idea

Why Online Preschool Is a Terrible Idea It used to be that parents sent their young children to kindergarten to prepare them for elementary school. Now things have developed to ...
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 ...

Teachers

How Edtech Makes Educators Lives Better

Besides the academic opportunities that edtech provides for learners, educators can better serve children and families, thanks to edtech. Here are some examples of how educators’ work has changed for ...
Teachers

How Edtech Helps Teachers Respond to the Needs of Diverse Learners

If edtech were a person, it would be superman. Why? Because like superman, it can “leap tall learning buildings in a single bound.” In edtech’s case, these tall buildings are ...
Education Leadership School Leadership Students Teachers

Explore the Future of EDU at NVIDIA GTC – Students and Educators Attend Free!

Learn how to incorporate STEM AI projects into the classroom at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, running Oct. 5-9, and featuring a recorded keynote address by CEO and founder Jensen Huang.
Teachers

Introducing Pedagogue, A New Social Media Site For Educators

The Edvocate and The Tech Edvocate are proud to announce the launch of our new site, Pedagogue, a social media network where educators can learn and grow. It’s a safe ...
Online Learning & eLearning Teachers

How to Improve Remote Learning

The sudden transition to remote learning has caused many schools and districts to come up with more effective ways to help students continue their education. It also found educational institutions ...

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Education Technology and the Future of Higher Ed Leadership

Education Technology (EdTech) has had a more significant impact on education than anyone expected. Now its effects are reaching into the field of higher education. In this article, we will ...
Education Leadership School Leadership Students Teachers

Explore the Future of EDU at NVIDIA GTC – Students and Educators Attend Free!

Learn how to incorporate STEM AI projects into the classroom at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, running Oct. 5-9, and featuring a recorded keynote address by CEO and founder Jensen Huang.
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Teaching K-12 in the Age of Coronavirus

When the world began to close due to Coronavirus, schools were the first to shut their doors. According to UNESCO, by the middle of April 2020, the learning of almost ...
Education Leadership

Administrators Should Adopt OERs Only After Careful Vetting

While open educational resources (OERs) are a fantastic well of lesson plans and materials that can benefit teachers and students alike, there remains a troublesome question about their use in ...
Education Leadership

Using Data Analytics To Power Your Restorative Justice Program

Traditional methods of administering in-school discipline have flat out failed public schools. This is especially true when it comes to circling disciplinary problems and excising them from school grounds. In ...

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3 Reasons Why You Should Use A School LMS To Deliver PD For Teachers

How to Avoid Poor Tech Training Practices

How Analog Security Cameras Paved the Way For Modern Campus Security

Aligning Your Online Learning with Bloom’s Taxonomy

Higher Ed IT Needs Data-Driven Insights Today, Not Tomorrow

I’ll Get to It Tomorrow: Procrastination in Online Learning

Adjusting To Entirely New Online Learning Schedules

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7 Ways Technology Is Impacting Modern Education

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