As the people who spend the most time interacting with students, teachers are often the end-users when it comes to edtech products. Their influence can be underrated by edtech sales and marketing professionals because they are not always the decision makers for their schools or districts. Continue reading
There are a million things to distract students from learning, but there are also ways to help remove distractions in the classroom and at home using technology. Continue reading
While 55% of teachers do not study climate change with their students, 84% of parents with children under the age of 18 think that they should learn about it in school. Continue reading
According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2018, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is quickly approaching. Over the next three years, the report projects that four technological advances will have a big impact on existing business models and practices. “Ubiquitous high-speed mobile internet; artificial intelligence; widespread adoption of big data analytics; and cloud … Continue reading
ISTE 2019’s “Best of” list gives insight into upcoming edtech trends. Continue reading
As our society is becoming more dependent on technology, our schools are also adopting this trend. Schools are progressively storing more and more information digitally, on local networks or in the cloud. Alarmingly enough, the education industry ranked last in terms of total cybersecurity when being compared to 17 other industries in the U.S. Hackers … Continue reading
According to the Driving K-12 Innovation report by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the two major obstacles for K-12 innovation are the gap between technology and pedagogy, and the relationship between technology and the future of work. The Gap Between Technology and Pedagogy K-12 schools tend to purchase new technology without envisioning how … Continue reading
