Educational Technology News

Thanks to a tech-enhanced literacy program, students' reading skills are blowing expectations out of the water.

"Human level A.I. might not be the best route towards artificial super intelligence, and there are a few reasons for that"

"Everyone from the President of the United States to a posh toddler can carry an iPhone and send off mass messages to hundreds and thousands of online influencers. We connect at the touch of a button and make decisions with the flick of a wrist. As a result, it’s especially important for employees, students, influencers, and everyday users to have media literacy and understand the consequences that follow online actions."

Google, Microsoft, Adobe and others offer programs to help get teachers up to speed, and districts often pay for them.

"BYOT–which stands for Bring Your Own Technology–is a natural response to need for progressive learning tools in the 21st century classroom. There are a variety of factors that contribute here, including the rapid growth of technology, planned obsolescence on behalf of the technology manufacturers, the cost of technology, the ubiquity of technology in the lives of many learners, and, on a larger scale, the continued explosion of age of information itself."

Sixty-three percent of K-12 educators use edtech in their classrooms each day--an increase from the 55 percent reporting the same in 2016.

What does the research say about how parents and school communications? Is there an overall preference?

"It's been 10 years since flipped learning was pioneered by two Colorado chemistry teachers, and the model has now evolved to include its own conference, a slew of tech platforms, and even more proponents in dozens of countries worldwide, as EdSurge reports."

"In this article, we will discuss how technology trends are enhancing not only our day to day lives, but also the education industry."

HyperDocs make room for more interactive, personalized, and student-directed learning. Let's look at how they work.

By 2025 global investment from crowdfunding is expected to reach $93 billion. And education is one area expected to benefit the most.

What happens when a school district uses the latest in brain science to inform its education technology purchasing decisions?

After hackers struck, Nevada's Foothill High and Florida's St. Lucie schools were faced with offensive content coming from their official Twitter accounts.

Social loafing not only hurts the quality of a group project, but it's frustrating for hardworking students to deal with those who don't pull their weight.

"I tested a new chatbot app that is about to release soon, it's artificial intelligence is pretty good, but there was a problem. It hates me"

"Making shoebox dioramas for history or egg drop containers for physics is quickly becoming a thing of the past. There is a new fad making its way through schools: using 3D printers in the classrooms."

This post clarifies 5 important characteristics of global learning, including the use of digital educational technology.

A majority of Americans would like to see technology companies take a more active role in improving U.S. education by creating apprenticeship programs.

Learn how one educator got started with Google tools and Chromebooks in the classroom to become a paperless pioneer.

"Many higher ed institutions across the globe are boosting their social budgets to keep up with a new generation of students who rely primarily on social media for their news and information about a variety of topics, according to a new report from Hootsuite, a social media monitoring company."

"In response to a realization that students weren't performing well in class, Pierce College has collected data on course-completion for every instructor, allowing more than 95% of full time faculty to see how students from various backgrounds are performing in their classes over the last three years."

"Having learned how to tailor our approaches in order to respond to different audiences, and to overcome any potential obstacles, we are ready to share with you suggestions on common eLearning obstacles, and how to overcome them."

Educators are already using artificial intelligence in small ways with grading and reading programs.

Groundbreaking study forecasts only one in five workers are in occupations that will shrink; lays out blueprint for evolving student skills.