EdTech: The New Normal

Take advantage of the new mediums students will use this year to learn. Create ways for them to discover and share unique and informed perspectives.

Measuring skills, not test scores, is key.

Coronavirus concerns have some businesses urging employees to work from home. If you’re telecommuting, for public health reasons or otherwise, remember: Boundaries are your friend.

The guidance you need to lead education innovation. CoSN is actively preparing resources for the edtech community to not only help school systems adapt to remote learning during COVID-19 but to ensure positive outcomes for all stakeholders.  About Us Who We Are CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system…

Microsoft’s Education Transformation Framework brings together modern teaching and learning through decades of research, best practice, and evidence.

With many districts across the country opting for online learning, a range of technical issues marred the first day of classes.

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The coronavirus pandemic has been a major learning curve for students and educators. But it's also been a boon for one of the world's fastest-growing industries: education technology. CNBC Make It spoke to three founders tapping into the multibillion-dollar business opportunity to learn more.

The uncertainty of back-to-school plans weighs heavily on work-from-home parents who rely on employers to accommodate evolving schedules of the new normal.

"This is something I’d never be able to do in a normal school year," says the teacher who hit up Gettysburg, D.C. and other significant sites.

Schools are closed in Indonesia because of the pandemic, but for the rural poor who lack internet access and smartphones, online education is particularly difficult.

Passwords, keyfobs, fingerprints—there are lots of ways to gain access to your laptop or desktop. Here are the best and most secure.

Checking your phone for an extra two hours every night won’t stop the apocalypse—but it could stop you from being psychologically prepared for it.

Facebook dropped the Oculus prefix for its social VR event viewing platform, rebranding it to simply Venues—another ostensible move to minimize the Oculus name (eg: Facebook Connect now, not Oculus Connect). Now the company is widening access to Venues in preparation for their upcoming flagship social VR offering, Facebook Horizon, which will likely have a bigger reveal …

I spent 15 years as the edtech industry’s chief policy advocate, and the last few with three K12 solution providers. Throughout, like all of you, I witnessed the good, the bad, and the ugly of our sector – the learning opportunities realized, the promises unmet, and the many barriers to efficient use and effectiveness. COVID-19

The scientists, technologists, artists, and chefs who are standing between us and species collapse.

Lack of coordination, test shortages, and mistrust of technology have hobbled what looked like a promising innovation.

During this time of crisis, education will not be business-as-usual, and EdTech alone cannot close the learning gap. It will be dedicated teachers and resilient educators who will ensure learning doesn’t stop — but they could be helped by the right EdTech tools.

About 150 Catholic schools have closed nationwide citing insurmountable financial pressures from the coronavirus pandemic.

If you’re drowning in a sea of browser tabs, these are the tricks and tools you need to get your head above water.

Roll call becomes a roster of absences. Some students write fantasies of escape. Can a new life begin when you are confined with siblings and parents?