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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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Another change!?!?: Three Considerations for Selecting High-Quality Instructional Materials

Education Elements

When asked what my favorite story is, one of the first titles that pops into my mind is Hamlet. But Hamlet is not my favorite story - not even close. I like it, sure, but the reason it pops into my head is because it was one of my favorite units in high school. The brilliant educator Ms. Nelson thoughtfully designed the unit, and the experience still resides in my mind twenty years later.

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Automation Delivers Economic Advantages for K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

As digital initiatives take off in more schools and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund windfall winds down this year, school leaders want to know that they’re getting the highest return on their investments. Technology can help K–12 schools create value and contain costs. “The key here is value-based budgeting,” says James Watczak, a finance and technology business consultant with CDW.

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Keep, Start, Stop: A Student Feedback Strategy

Catlin Tucker

At this point in the school year, you have had time to establish classroom routines, nurture your relationships with students, and design and facilitate entire units of study. It’s the perfect time to ask your students for feedback. Employing a simple feedback strategy like “keep, start, stop” helps you quickly take the temperature of the class and make any necessary adjustments to ensure the rest of the year is as productive and positive as possible.

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Make Tuition Agreements Work Smarter—for Your School and Families

A well-crafted tuition agreement is more than paperwork—it’s a powerful tool for protecting your school and building family confidence. This guide helps private and independent K–12 schools reduce legal risk, improve collections, and foster long-term trust with families. Learn best practices for drafting enforceable agreements, communicating clear expectations, and navigating challenges like payment disputes, custody conflicts, and continuous enrollment.

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Looking Back on the Biggest Education Trends of 2023

Edsurge

2023 brought plenty of surprises in education — and it wasn’t just all that talk about responding to ChatGPT and other AI tools. As we start a new year, we asked our reporters to look back on key trends and memorable moments in their coverage over the past year, and what they see coming. Their reflections include a surprising tip that led to a trip to a small town to see an unusual early childhood experiment up close; wrestling with large datasets to better understand education trends; getting o

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Q&A: School Tech Integration Advocate Focuses On Mastery-Based Learning

EdTech Magazine

As a professor of educational leadership at the University of Colorado Denver and an EdTech IT influencer, Scott McLeod spends his days preparing educators to join a rare breed of K–12 principals and superintendents. In 2005, with help from a sizable federal government grant, he founded the Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education, the first graduate program in the country designed to prepare tech-savvy school administrators.

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Happy New Year! And Public Domain Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Also on January 1st: It’s Public Domain Day! Every year, January 1st is P ublic Domain Day. This is an observance of when copyrights expire and works enter into the public domain–free for all to use. According to Public Domain Review, here are some of the newly-available artistic works you might like a/o January 1, 2024: The picture above is interactive on the website.

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Top Posts of 2023

A Principal's Reflections

As we reflect on the past year, it's evident that the realm of education continues to be influenced by an array of disruptive forces, most notably artificial intelligence. Through my writing, I have attempted to capture the essence of contemporary challenges and innovations but also provide practical solutions and thought-provoking insights from the field.

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Launching Our Portrait of a Graduate Initiative for More Powerful Learning Opportunities

Digital Promise

The post Launching Our Portrait of a Graduate Initiative for More Powerful Learning Opportunities appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Case for Game Design as an Innovative STEAM Teaching Tool

Speaker: Speakers:

Searching for innovative ways to deliver integrated STEAM education that also help students attain industry-ready skills? Then this punchy 30-minute thought leadership webinar is for you. Join fellow education leaders as we share: National data on STEAM performance and student engagement that indicates post-pandemic learners are craving inspired intervention 10 research-backed reasons why game design is the leading method for practically teaching integrated STEAM education An inside look at live

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K–12 Schools Are Betting That Cloud Providers Can Better Secure Their Data

EdTech Magazine

Seven years ago, as more software companies began offering Software as a Service, West Orange Public Schools in New Jersey jumped on the emerging cloud trend. Fil Santiago, the district’s director of technology and administrative services, wanted to explore SaaS solutions so he prioritized migrating the student information system to the cloud. That first app led to another, and then another.

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#16: A Holiday Memory in Word or KidPix

Ask a Tech Teacher

Use this not only to create a gift for parents, but to practice writing skills, grammar, MS Word’s spell check. I have student compose the memory one week and we format it the next. For beginning writers, use KidPix and its text tools. –from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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Reimagine Your Space: 5 Creative Ideas Realized with Projectors

ViewSonic Education

Maybe you’re already familiar with using projectors for home cinema in your living room, but what if there are more creative ways to enhance your lifestyle using them? Imagine an entryway that transports you to another dimension, an art studio that goes wherever you do, a bedroom that magically adapts to your every mood, transforming your space into a blissful yoga sanctuary, or taking your cooking skills to celestial heights – all made possible by the awe-inspiring power of portable

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Workshop: Using Makey Makeys and micro:bits Across the Curriculum

User Generated Education

This is an overview of my workshop at FETC (Future of Technology Education Conference).

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Enhancing Higher Education with Generative AI: A Responsible Guide

Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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Our 10 Most Popular Early Childhood Education Stories of 2023

Edsurge

In 2023, EdSurge published a record number of stories on early care and education — the most we’ve run since we began covering the age group nearly five years ago. So this year, for the first time, we’re bringing you a list of the stories that resonated most with you, our readers. Below, you’ll find our 10 most popular early childhood stories from the last 12 months, which can loosely be divided into two camps.

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What You Might Have Missed in December–What’s up in January

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of December: The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Here’s Why Your Kids Should Participate in Extracurricular Activities Coding Activities by Grade 9 Unusual Hour of Code Projects 5 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities 12 Ways to Update Your Online Presence 8+ Ways to Speed Up Your Computer How to Backup and Image Your Computer Three Projects to Kick Off the Holidays Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategie

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Renew Your Living Space with Home Projectors

ViewSonic Education

Ready to breathe new life into your home? Renovating can be tough when you’re dealing with budget and space constraints. But what if I told you there’s a way to give your home a fresh, vibrant look without breaking the bank? Projectors are the solution you’ve been searching for! Discover inspiring ideas to revamp your home while preserving its stunning design.

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What I Get To See In Us [2023 Year-In-Review]

The Jose Vilson

There were about six minutes of silence in my house while I stared at my computer screen. This time, my advisors were on the other side of the Zoom call, discussing whether my presentation was sufficient for me to start my doctoral research. Prior to August 24th, I spent hours poring over every sentence of my 130-page proposal, getting my social theories in order, deepening my literature review, and making sure my methods aligned with my purpose for even trying to get my doctorate in sociology o

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Enhancing School Device Management for Improved Learning

Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.

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When Parent Engagement Is Low, Teachers Must Make the Connection Between Schools and Families

Edsurge

One of the greatest challenges schools and districts face is low parent engagement. Often, the assumption is that parents don’t make time to engage with their child’s learning community or do not care about their student’s academic progress — even if that student is performing poorly or below academic expectations. It is the school’s responsibility to ensure that children are learning, but learning extends beyond school walls.

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Top Ten Articles, Tips, and Reviews for 2023

Ask a Tech Teacher

Since we started Ask a Tech Teacher fifteen years ago, we’ve had almost 6.3 million views and 2901 comments from about 11,500 followers who read some or all of our 2,454 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ) Edtech Reviews Lesson plans If you’ve just arrived at Ask a Tech Teacher, st

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How School Leaders Can Address the Inequities of the AI Digital Divide

techlearning

As AI becomes more integrated into schools, it's going to be up to school leaders to make sure it is equitable.

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Edtech tools to beat our state of emergency in reading and math achievement

eSchool News

Key points: The pandemic is over, but reading and math skills need a boost from the right edtech tools See article: PBL isn’t used enough–let’s change that See article: Excite, expand, equitize: Using data to support reading For more news on edtech tools, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching site Back in early 2020, educators and students nationwide were living in a fast-paced world full of choices, adjustments, and constant changes.

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Meeting the Evolving Financial Needs of K-12 Private Schools

Private and independent schools rely on tuition to provide excellent learning experiences for all students, so it’s important to have a tuition and billing management solution that fits the unique needs of your school and families. Learn how the right technology provides the following benefits: Automated invoicing and PCI-compliant payment processing Integrations into financial aid solutions and student information systems Reporting and analytics to provide up-to-date financial insights Read thi

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To Understand ChatGPT’s Impact on Higher Education, Think Like a Scientist

Edsurge

Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT became publicly available in November 2022, the field of higher education has been focusing on its impact and applications — faculty want to understand how this will shape their work and the student experience. Largely missing from many conversations, however, is a discussion of how scientific approaches may be used to study ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in the context of higher ed.

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PROOF POINTS: Two studies find scattergrams reduce applications to elite colleges

The Hechinger Report

Example of a hypothetical scattergram showing test scores and grades of past applicants to a college. The dotted lines highlight the average grades and test scores of accepted students. Source: Figure 1 in Tomkins et al, “Showing high-achieving college applicants past admissions outcomes increases undermatching,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oct 2023 Many high school students struggle to figure out which of the nation’s 2,600 four-year colleges and universities should be on t

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6 Ways to Boost Student Agency

techlearning

Advice for boosting student agency from award-winning educator Dr.

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3 things to consider when designing digital learning experiences

eSchool News

Editor’s note : This story on digital learning originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Key points: Small design changes when creating digital content can make a huge impact on how audiences ultimately learn information See article: 5 essential digital learning reads See article: How meta creativity prepares students for the future For more news on digital learning design, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page Teachers, principals, and district administrators ar

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Fields of Opportunity: Cultivating Youth Development and Online Access

Edsurge

In an increasingly interconnected world, connectivity is the lifeline that bridges gaps, fosters knowledge exchange and empowers individuals to thrive in diverse socioeconomic spheres. But how is connectivity important to agricultural communities? Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity disparities, strategically invests worldwide to tackle challenges such as insufficient internet access.

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How to Teach Students to Grapple with the Math

MiddleWeb

Mona Iehl’s students were shocked when she first asked them to grapple with math problems BEFORE they received instruction. Then, to her surprise, “they got out the blocks, and drew pictures, and tried!” Her trust in productive struggle grew as she saw their confidence increase. The post How to Teach Students to Grapple with the Math first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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4 Ways to Nurture Innovation in the Classroom

techlearning

Nurturing innovation in the classroom can build engagement and skills that students will use well beyond the classroom

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