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The iPad was launched this year including many features. Features like touchscreen interactivity, e-text and many educational apps. This created an opportunity to teach on mobile devices. -
Chromebooks became in essential part of education around this time. Chromebooks were affordable and also came with a lot of other apps that could assist in learning. -
Kahoot is an online gaming platform that's been created to make learning fun. I think of Kahoot as one of the pioneers to education games, the game aspect distracted younger students from the fact that they were actually doing school work. -
Khan Academy started growing around this time, more educators started to see the benefits of this site. Khan Academy gave students the opportunity to learn outside the classroom. This was a great way for parents who would rather have their student in homeschooling -
Code.org became almost a necessity in schools around 2016. This site made computer education accessible to everyone. The platform was catered to the inexperienced, experienced and even the casual that just wants to have fun on the site. -
Google classrooms is one of the education apps available online for any student. The app organizes school work, connects students with their teachers, and also presents the students grade. -
Google Expeditions brought Virtual reality in the classroom. Overtime we were able to see that some students learn a lot better through visuals than written instruction. Seeing and interacting with the topic helps with engagement and retaining a lot pf the knowlededge. -
Ai voices became very popular in the recent years for how helpful they can be in gaining knowledge on something. The increase in Ai has given us an ability to ask anything and get an instant answer. Students can fat check themselves, get information for assignments, etc. -
Grammarly has been a great education technology since its release in 2009. It became an even greater tool when Ai was integrated into the site, enhancing its suggestions, identifying patterns of speech for better understanding. -
Zoom is a communication technology that has been used for education in the past years. The site connects students and teachers allowing for outside the classroom learning. Zoom became the primary way of attending school in 2020 when COVID shut the world down.