The hottest Educational Technology Substack posts right now

And their main takeaways

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The Collapse of Teacher Twitter

Mathworlds • 746 implied HN points • 08 Jun 23

🚌 Education Social media Educational Technology

There has been a significant decline in teachers actively using Twitter from 2022 to 2023.
Teacher creativity that was once flourishing on Teacher Twitter seems to have shifted elsewhere.
The future holds promise for new platforms where the next generation of teachers can collaborate and create together.

📚 The top 4 tools to teach your child to read in 2023

joinmodulo • 58 implied HN points • 01 Apr 23

🚌 Education Literacy Child development Educational Technology

Reading is crucial for children and benefits them in various ways.
Two-thirds of fourth-grade students in the US are not proficient in reading, indicating a concerning statistic.
Teaching reading should align with proven methods such as systematic phonics and multisensory strategies to ensure success.

AI-Assisted Coding: My Experience as a Startup Founder

wentin’s newsletter • 39 implied HN points • 31 May 23

🕹 Technology AI Programming Software Development Educational Technology

AI can assist startup founders in various tasks like coding, content creation, and email management.
Using AI tools like Copilot and ChatGPT can streamline code documentation and help in creating API documentation more efficiently.
AI can be used to quickly generate proof-of-concept code for new features and even write an entire app from scratch, speeding up learning and development processes.

Computer Tutors and Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem

About to Learn • 2 HN points • 04 Mar 23

🕹 Technology AI Online Learning Educational Technology Software Development

The 2 Sigma Problem suggests most students have high potential but one-to-one tutoring is too expensive.
Intelligent Tutoring Systems aim to provide personalized teaching using AI since the 1970s.
Digital tutors have shown positive results by giving personalized feedback and adapting to student learning styles.

☞ General Turtle, Inc. and Educational Machines

Cabinet of Wonders • 1 HN point • 13 Jun 23

🕹 Technology Hardware Software Educational Technology Machine Learning

General Turtle, Inc. was a hardware startup focusing on educational technology.
They created a unique 'general single-purpose machine' combining single-purpose hardware with the open-ended nature of personal computers.
Exploring the concept of limited yet focused machines might present valuable insights for modern technology.

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Generating educational content(mindmaps) with chatGPT

Experiments with NLP and GPT-3 • 1 HN point • 16 Feb 23

🚌 Education Educational Technology Content creation

ChatGPT is useful for generating educational content, especially for high school topics.
Mermaid is a great tool for creating structured diagrams from plain text, including mindmaps.
You can use the live editor for Mermaid to easily convert generated text into mindmaps.