Education Technology (also known as “EdTech”) refers to an area of technology devoted to the development and application of tools (including software, hardware, and processes) intended to promote education. Put another way, “EdTech is a study and ethical practice for facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.” Although this developing fieldRead more
“Latin American edtech startup launches in the United States” A new challenger approaches the United States edtech environment: Edoome, a Chilean based educational platform focused on saving teachers time and bringing friendly and easy-to-use technology to their classrooms. Back in the beginnings of 2012, founders Leonardo de la Fuente and Francisco Rubio, both computer engineers,Read more
The ideas “online” and “discussion” seems an oxymoron to many, that engagement in discussion can occur with participants removed in time and place. How to facilitate such discussions is confusing to many teachers, and online discussion threads and chatrooms may be seen as a poor substitute for the “real” thing, an evil necessity of theRead more
Jasmine Bankhead needed to figure out a way to improve teaching at her school. It was 2013. She was the new principal of the O’Keeffe School of Excellence, an elementary school on Chicago’s South Side that had been struggling for years. Finally, the school district had taken dramatic action by firing the principal, the staffRead more
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