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How to Teach Your Students to Think Before They Post
Think before you post! How many times have you said those words to both students and fellow adults? Something seems to happen to students once they are behind a screen that makes them feel invincible. This feeling can help some students to express themselves in ways they cannot at school or at home, but ...How Digital Games Take The Stress Out Of Assessment
Any new educational technology tool has been met with skepticism by both parents and teachers, and digital games are no different. The word ‘game’ seems to tap into educators’ fears that all of this technology is really just a waste of time and money. However, as digital games continue to show how they can help ...Teaching Students How To Use Digital Literacy To Find A Job
Despite being labeled ‘digital natives’, most students today lack the ability to transfer the knowledge and technological skills they have to practical tasks like finding a job. This is why it is important for teachers to teach digital literacy, particularly as it applies to students’ academic and professional lives. 1. Fostering Digital Literacy Early Basic ...Why Are Some Countries Slow To Adopt Digital Learning?
In terms of dollars invested, the leaders in edtech adoption are the United States and China, with Western Europe and many countries in Asia close behind. In 2018, the United States invested close to $2 billion in edtech and China made an investment of more than $3 billion. Investment in Europe was a bit less ...Finding The Right Assessment Tools For Your Classroom
As with the selection of any edtech tool, it is important not to get carried away with the technology and to forget about how the tool will support teaching and learning in the classroom. Here are some questions to consider when choosing edtech assessment tools for your classroom. Why would you use this product over ...Why Hasn’t Online Learning Made Higher Education More Affordable?
The benefits of online higher education programs have been touted since they started to become widely available about more than a decade ago. There are no buildings to maintain and there is less staff required. These were two of the arguments given as to why online education would be much cheaper than traditional higher education. ...
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