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Virtual worlds – then, now and next –

Virtual worlds – then, now and next – | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
At Remagine Ventures, we are confident that virtual worlds and the metaverse can create massive economic opportunities to build new brands, drive commerce, and form the entertainment companies of t…...
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Virtual worlds: still going! ;)

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Five principles for designing industry-relevant microcredentials

Five principles for designing industry-relevant microcredentials | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Microcredentials that respond to student and employer needs require industry-backed, thoughtful design, writes Karla Margarita Banda Martínez, who offers guidance

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Good stuff! I'm in the process of cheerleading microconsulting. Thanks to Yashy Tohsaku.

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AI and education: guidance for policy-makers - UNESCO Digital Library

AI and education: guidance for policy-makers - UNESCO Digital Library | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
UNESCO Digital Library
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August 22, 10:45 PM
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Facing 'Techlash,' How Should Schools Talk to Parents About Tech Use?

Facing 'Techlash,' How Should Schools Talk to Parents About Tech Use? | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
A school communications expert explains how schools should approach their messaging around tech.
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"Hey, parents: BUTT OUT." Delivered with an optional smack upside their heads. ;)

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August 22, 8:18 PM
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80+ Free Online Tools for Images, Audio, PDF & More

80+ Free Online Tools for Images, Audio, PDF & More | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
80+ free online tools for images, audio, video, PDF, finance, developers and game dev. Compress images, crop photos, convert audio, build resumes and more — fast, private, no sign-up.

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Check this out! Thanks to Michel Verstrepen.

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August 21, 9:06 PM
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The Stone Age Admins: "No Screens, Use Rocks and Chisels!"

The Stone Age Admins: "No Screens, Use Rocks and Chisels!" | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Will the pushback against school devices last, and will we learn the right lessons from it?
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The Stone Age Admins made their debut in a Games-Based Learning prez I gave years ago. Whenever you encounter the term "techlash," these are the folks responsible! ;)

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August 20, 11:13 PM
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What's Real Online?

What's Real Online? | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Why is misinformation so easy to fall for, and what can we do about it? Check out What's Real Online?, a free digital literacy and citizenship lesson plan by Common Sense Media. Teach students in 9,10,11,12 about responsible and healthy media and tech use.

Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Yashy Tohsaku
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Good stuff from Common Sense Media! Thanks to Yashy Tohsaku. 

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August 19, 10:08 PM
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Critical Ignoring: What's Worth Your Attention?

Critical Ignoring: What's Worth Your Attention? | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
How do you decide what's worth your attention in a world designed to capture all of it? Check out Critical Ignoring: What's Worth Your Attention?, a free digital literacy and citizenship lesson plan by Common Sense Media. Teach students in 9,11,10,12 about responsible and healthy media and tech use.

Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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I need to take this course. ;)

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August 19, 9:26 PM
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The AI-Ready Workforce: Why AI Access Is Not Enough

The AI-Ready Workforce: Why AI Access Is Not Enough | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Access to AI is not the same as readiness to use it well. This article sets out what an AI-ready workforce actually needs.
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August 18, 9:57 PM
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Zuckerberg's Letter Shows Most Schools Are Getting AI Exactly Backwards

Zuckerberg's Letter Shows Most Schools Are Getting AI Exactly Backwards | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
The choice isn’t between distributing AI and not having it. AI is coming regardless of what anyone decides. So the real choice is between a broadly distributed capability and a concentrated one.

Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Yeah, c'mon...let's figure this out, shall we?? ;)

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 18, 2:11 PM

"There is no version of the next decade in which advanced AI is scarce and someone responsible is deciding who gets it. That world is gone. It ended without an announcement and without a vote."

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How Teaching Handwriting Supports Brain Development

How Teaching Handwriting Supports Brain Development | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Schools shouldn’t abandon handwriting instruction—including cursive—in the digital age.
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I'm a tech guy, but I've always contended that abandoning handwriting instruction is a bad idea! 

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August 14, 9:36 PM
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Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom App 

Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom App  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Google enabled A.I. features for K-12 schools that have allowed student access to Gemini. Until this week, Google automatically enabled Gemini in Classroom only for students 18 or older.
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This is BIG! It's about time! 

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August 12, 9:38 PM
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Employers everywhere are using AI – but business schools aren’t preparing students for the shift

Employers everywhere are using AI – but business schools aren’t preparing students for the shift | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Amid the rise of AI, researchers found that employers still value skills like communication, professionalism and teamwork among prospective and new employees.

Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Ah, here's the niche my mix of business and education skills is perfect for! 

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 10, 12:28 PM

"Much of the conversation in business education to date has centered on helping students learn how to use AI responsibly and effectively. Even so, our recent findings show that other qualities and skills still matter. This is especially true when it comes to helping entry-level workers succeed and advance in their careers."

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The next literacy challenge: Teaching students how to write

The next literacy challenge: Teaching students how to write | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
After years of neglect, writing skills are getting more attention in school

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This is interesting. 

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 11, 10:45 AM

"[T]eachers are under pressure to prepare students for standardized tests that emphasize reading and math, experts say, often to the detriment of other subjects."

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August 25, 9:51 PM
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The problem with an AI tutor: Students don’t want to use it

The problem with an AI tutor: Students don’t want to use it | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
The latest AI tutoring research points to a stubbornly human problem — getting students to engage. “Access was nearly universal but engagement was thin,” a new study found.

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Students just wanted to be given the answers, they didn't want to make an effort to get them. 

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 25, 8:47 AM

"[R]esearch on AI in education is nascent, but an early theme is that students often won’t use it for learning. 'When given AI tutors, many students do not engage'”

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FIGHTING TECHLASH! Download the Driving K-12 Innovation Report

FIGHTING TECHLASH! Download the Driving K-12 Innovation Report | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Explore emerging trends and innovations in K-12 education technology. Access research reports and implementation strategies.
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Disseminating accurate, unbiased information is the best way to defeat the evil forces of Techlash! 

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August 22, 10:42 PM
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It's About Quality Tech Use, Not Screen Time

It's About Quality Tech Use, Not Screen Time | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Trump administration's top K-12 official urges educators to focus on whether ed tech is effective.
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It's not the amount of screen time that matters. It's what kids do during screen time that matters. And hold on...am I agreeing with an official of the Cheeto Bandito administration? I'm a little scared. ;)

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August 22, 8:16 PM
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The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do

The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it

Educators can confront AI head on by distinguishing its pattern-recognition skills from its inability to daydream, embody other people and authentically express itself.

 

It’s disconcerting to envision human thought becoming redundant or deemed inferior due to advancements in artificial intelligence.

 

But for all its ills, AI cannot be ignored or wished away. It’s here to stay, and I want my students to understand the stakes of becoming too reliant on this technology.


Via Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc, Yashy Tohsaku
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This is interesting. 

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Driving K-12 Innovation Reports & Resources 

Driving K-12 Innovation Reports & Resources  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Explore emerging trends and innovations in K-12 education technology. Access research reports and implementation strategies.
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Almost time to start on the next Driving K-12 Innovation Report! Download the free 2026 edition today! 

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August 20, 10:13 PM
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GPT-5 for Instructional Designers - by Dr Philippa Hardman

GPT-5 for Instructional Designers - by Dr Philippa Hardman | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
10 Hacks to Work Smarter & Safer with OpenAI's Latest Model

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Geeky-cool stuff! 

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 19, 2025 11:52 AM

"Pro Tip: To force the AI to reveal uncertainty, ask it to rate its own confidence"

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5 Predictions For Tech in The 2026-27 School Year

5 Predictions For Tech in The 2026-27 School Year | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
AI cheating will decrease, the techlash will continue, and other predictions for the coming school year.

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Here we go! And the next Driving K-12 Innovation Report project is about to begin! 

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 19, 11:15 AM

"I think we’re going to see more institutional responses and more cultural responses to this. Encouraging trends include the movement toward watermarking from some of the tech giants"

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Education 25–26: 18 Trends -- Instructional Redesign, New Learning Institutions, Superintelligence, and a New Society

Education 25–26: 18 Trends -- Instructional Redesign, New Learning Institutions, Superintelligence, and a New Society | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Claude classes launched
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This is interesting. 

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August 18, 9:07 PM
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Why a 'Blunt Force' Approach to Screen Time May Be Problematic

Why a 'Blunt Force' Approach to Screen Time May Be Problematic | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
District and state leaders should avoid one-size-fits-all mandates on screen time, expert argues.
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One more time: It's not screen time that matters, it's how screen time is used that matters! 

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Finland's most popular Neurodiversity Coach training

Finland's most popular Neurodiversity Coach training | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
You will learn to identify neurodivergent traits, encounter individuals with a strength-based approach, and utilize concrete tools in both everyday life and work settings.
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Train to become a Neurodiversity Coach with Oppiko! 

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August 13, 9:46 PM
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EdTech Isn't One Industry. It's Nine.

EdTech Isn't One Industry. It's Nine. | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
A new framework for an industry that's stopped agreeing on what it sells

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Gotta maintain perspective, folks: There are many different types of EdTech.

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 13, 11:10 AM

"A Restarting Point: After 25 years in the industry, what I like most about this is the fresh questions I suddenly find myself asking. I never felt like I could fit all the pieces of the EdTech puzzle together and now I can."

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Why AI Learning Tools Fail Without Instructional Scaffolding

Why AI Learning Tools Fail Without Instructional Scaffolding | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it

"We’ve all been experimenting with Google’s NotebookLM lately. Drop a dense, 30-page institutional report or a dry chapter into the platform, hit “generate,” and the result is surprising.

Suddenly, two hyper-realistic AI hosts are talking back and forth, turning cold prose into an approachable conversational audio track. It just feels highly efficient, and it looks like an easy way to help busy students get through material."


Via EDTECH@UTRGV, michel verstrepen
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Thanks to Michel Verstrepen. I haven't tried NotebookLM yet, but I want to! 

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, August 10, 1:49 PM

"Platforms like NotebookLM are useful for lowering access friction and making dense, imposing texts approachable for a broader student demographic. But if we simply host AI-generated audio files on our LMS instances and expect learning to occur on its own, the data suggest we will be disappointed."