6 Exciting EdTech Trends Of 2019
Every year, the number of EdTech tools for the classroom grows. That’s because educators who embrace technology get an edge. Today’s classroom technology helps inspire, engage, and motive students. But the real value of EdTech is in personalizing learning for every student. For years now, the major goal for education has been to match students with […]
How You Can Use Technology In Classrooms For Better Learning
Technology slowly seems to be taking over many aspects of human society. Education has gradually evolved to incorporate technology in the dissemination of information. This advancement has revolutionized the classroom environment leading to improved grades and learning experiences. While a small group of conservative-minded individuals remains skeptical about the use of technology in the classroom, […]
Africa Code Week: The Largest Coding Event in Africa
It’s the month of October and you can feel it in the air, the coding bug, from Algeria to Zimbabwe the atmosphere is hitting up, the days are crammed full with activities, it is the Africa Code Week. This is the scenario you’ll find across Africa around October. It kicks off on the 5th of […]
How to Use Google Classroom Tool in Classrooms
Google Classroom is a set of google tools that all combine to provide specific functionalities needed to make learning, teaching and understanding concepts more efficient and effective in today’s present day classroom. Google classroom Is a learning management system. A Learning management system or LMS is a course management system. It includes features like lesson […]
The Role of Educators in the EdTech Ecosystem
Educators often lack participatory roles and responsibilities in the edtech ecosystem and assume consumptive roles with little agency. For example, classroom educators have felt edtech developers and school/district purchasing processes do not consider teachers’ and students’ individual educational needs. In many cases, the purchasing customer is not the end user, meaning the individual teachers and […]
Transforming Educational Technology In Africa
“The global EdTech market is predicted to reach $252 billion by 2020” –Seedstars.com This white paper seeks to uncover the role government play in increasing ICT participation in classroom and among key players in Africa. It is crucial to understand the level of tech transformation in other African countries and the ways governments have created […]
How to Sign up for Coursera Courses for Free
One question I get asked all the time here at Class Central is: are Coursera courses really free? Coursera’s user interface is intentionally designed to push learners towards Coursera’s paid offerings. It often confuses new learners regarding what content is actually free on the platform, and how to go about signing up for it. Since I’ve answered this […]
The Rise in Artificial Intelligence could be Apocalyptic for Research and Consulting
A simple act of giving or taking an advice got fabricated into a field of consultation, weaving colossal plinth for consulting firms to emerge as an industry altogether. Its been over 100 years since the first management consulting firm was formed. Gradually, the trend has started to demonstrate its presence and spread its significance across […]
How can Africa’s teachers prepare for the digital century?
In their Jobs for Youth in Africa 2016-2025 Strategy, the African Development Bank notes: “The scale of the youth unemployment problem in Africa requires bold, ambitious approaches.” Strong partnerships are needed, it says, to bring “coherence and scale to youth employment interventions across the continent”. But the truth is, we are destined for failure if everyone […]
10 Things Everyone Should Know About Machine Learning
As someone who often finds himself explaining machine learning to non-experts, I offer the following list as a public service announcement. Machine learning means learning from data; AI is a buzzword.Machine learning lives up to the hype: there are an incredible number of problems that you can solve by providing the right training data to the […]