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January 25, 2019
By Wisewire

3 Emerging Technologies That Will Reshape Education in 2019

Education and cutting-edge technologies are core to the many programs at NYC Media Lab, where we lead university-corporate partnerships, communications and events. The goal is to merge engineering and design research happening at the city’s universities with resources Continue reading

January 17, 2019
By Wisewire

Education Startup Backed By Mark Zuckerberg Starts Global Expansion With Acquisition

India’s leading education app developer, Byju, is tapping a war chest that includes funding from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to go global. Continue reading

January 7, 2019
By Wisewire

UF Professor Receives $5 Million Grant to Improve Florida Public Education Technology

Starting next year, 11 counties across Florida will take part in a program that will change the way science, math, engineering and technology are taught in public schools. Continue reading

December 12, 2018
By Wisewire

Five Top Technology Trends In Special Education

(TNS) — Fueled by technological advances, changing state policies, and a continued push from advocates, ed-tech companies and researchers are crafting new tools and strategies to better serve students with disabilities. Continue reading

December 3, 2018
By Wisewire

Designing Accessible Ed Tech Can Be Costly, But Demand is on the Rise

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Continue reading

November 20, 2018
By Wisewire

The Future of Education Technology

With the exponential emergence of radical, innovative technologies, such as Continue reading

November 16, 2018
By Wisewire

13 Edtech Tools Every Teacher and Student Should Know About

Today the importance of educational technology goes beyond the use of instructional aids because of the ubiquity and usefulness of technology in everyday life. Continue reading

December 7, 2017
By Taylor Ramage

3 Key Social Media Platforms That You Can Use To Keep Students Engaged In Your Classroom

Where do students spend their time outside of school? Engagement is a key component of learning, so what better way to engage students than by implementing the social media platforms they already love to use? Continue reading

July 31, 2017
By Anne Jones

6 Unbeatable Ways To Spot High Quality Open Education Resources (OER)

Since OER came onto the map in the early 2000s, the pool of available resources has grown into a vast ocean. With a wide array of OER materials at our fingertips, the trick now is not so much in finding OER, but on identifying high quality OER that can be used and transformed for our classroom needs. So how can we recognize the pearls, and avoid the sharks? Continue reading

July 7, 2017
By Ty Schmidt

Top Summer PD Opportunities

There is a heavy focus on the importance of students learning how to learn and how to lead. Multiple guess questions are becoming a thing of the past, as we educators seek to challenge students to apply what they’re learning instead of simply memorizing and regurgitating it Continue reading