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Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future

Byte Technology

Featuring a wide field of view and highly intuitive head tracking, both connect to their respective devices and operating systems and, because they’re comfortable and light, are perfect in a classroom setting of antsy kids.

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New Google Classroom tool gives hints on tough homework problems

The Verge

That’s Practice Sets, the newest Google Classroom tool, in a nutshell. Google Classroom, for folks who went to school before the internet was everything, is a widely used gaggle of web tools that allows teachers to post assignments, students to submit them, and teachers to return them online. Image: Google.

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10 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Gifts range from symbolic adopt-an-acre of a national park gifts to funding a classroom project in a low-income community. As a follow-up to 25 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofit s , below are 10 holiday gift programs that benefit nonprofits.

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The most innovative companies in education in 2025

Fast Company Tech

Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations.

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Seven Ways Your Organization can Put Privacy Into Practice – and Why

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Seven Ways Your Organization can Put Privacy Into Practice – and Why Guest Post by Taryn Degnan. Transparency is crucial because tracking, profiling, and behavioral marketing to users has become a widespread, global practice that often leaves us befuddled. As leaders, we have to respect our audience.

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Litnerd streams live actors into the classroom to help kids better connect with reading

TechCrunch

This is when I realized that if we truly want to disrupt K-12 (esp K-5) education, we need a solution that works from the outside in – being part of classroom time and funded by schools.” Litnerd’s books, workshops and lesson plans are built around the social and emotional learning ( or SEL ) practices that most U.S.

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Amira Learning raises $11M to put its AI-powered literacy tutor in post-COVID classrooms

TechCrunch

In classrooms, a common exercise is to have students read aloud from a storybook or worksheet. ” Amira was decided on as one that addresses the particular need in the K-5 range of steadily improving reading level through constant practice and feedback. So we’re focused on making Amira the norm in a post-COVID classroom.”