Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
Something I keep running into in learning design: for a genuinely hard text, the text itself is the worst possible starting point. A learner with no background spends almost all their effort decoding the prose and has little left for actually understanding the idea. We treat reading comprehension and concept comprehension as the same skill, but for novices they really aren't. I've been experimenting with flipping the order. Before someone reads a dense paper or a long handout, give them a visual, narrative version first (in my case a literal manga retelling: the concept acted out in panels), then send them to the original. Anecdotally the original read gets much faster and retention goes up, because the learner already holds the structure and is now just attaching detail to it. It lines up with the old worked-example and dual-coding research, just pushed further into full narrative. The part most relevant to this sub is adaptivity. The version I built makes every concept expandable: a
https://joinhandshake.com/blog/students/top-jobs-for-ed-tech-majors/ Using HandShake (an employment website for job listings, primarily for students), I found this article on EdTech jobs. Does it still seem accurate in 2026? What's the job outlook for either Healthcare IT or EdTech? I have a degree in Information Technology (with a focus on Computer Programming) where I have worked as a software developer for a little bit over 5 years, but I have just recently started considering changing careers or moving into a different side of IT (maybe EdTech or Healthcare IT). submitted by /u/moimicaelat [link] [comments]
Hey guys, I have been visiting this sub for a few months and I've noticed a pattern every time someone posts a tool they built for teachers, the "Iconic comment" is "AI slop." Every time someone shares a classroom tech idea, teachers pile on with negativity. But where is that same energy when Canvas got hacked twice by the same group, exposing 275 million users across 8,800+ institutions including private messages between students and teachers? The entry point was a free tier account with zero proper security. They initially ignored the ransom demand, got hacked again and then quietly paid up. That's corporate negligence on a massive scale. Crickets. Yes I get it that teachers are exhausted and their districts make terrible tech decisions like buying bloated or hyped platforms with zero teacher input, then mandating everyone use them. That frustration is real and valid but the anger is being aimed at the wrong people. An indie developer posting a free classroom tool didn't lock you int
Saw this in my newsfeed this morning. "The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban screens for students below second grade in response to community-wide pushback against tech use. Starting in August, the new policy will restrict preschool- through first-grade-aged students from accessing screens while also limiting usage for older students, according to the Los Angeles Times. Here are the details, according to the news outlet: 2nd/3rd grade: Limited to 20 minutes of screen time (including homework) 4th/5th grade: Limited to 30 minutes (starting in November) Middle school: One hour of screen time spread throughout the week in each class (6 hours total per week) High school: 1.5 hours (can’t exceed 10 hours per week)" If you go digging around the internet with the terms "LAUSD" and "Standardized Testing" you'll find that LAUSD uses online testing to deliver, among others, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) beginning in the 3rd grade. So, completel
Simple question. Are there any journals, magazines or individuals you read/follow to help keep up with developments in the edtech field? submitted by /u/ImWithStupidKL [link] [comments]
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There is a lot of slop, and everyday it feels like more slop is created. Are there any tools that you feel are using AI in a useful way that provides value? submitted by /u/ajourneytogrowth [link] [comments]
Ignoring category, target audience, etc. What are some edtech that you love using? submitted by /u/ajourneytogrowth [link] [comments]
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While I feel I'm keeping pace with the rate of ongoing development in all things ed tech, I also feel as if it's a non-stop "everyone for themselves" type of scenario regarding all things ed tech. Maybe it's restricted to my own experience but I have not felt that, at any level, there is any scheme, system, or system of organization to help us in education to find a toolkit that works well and was carefully organized. Ed tech encompasses a large number of things that fall within this broad term, which we generally use to refer to anything slightly tech-related that is or can be used in education. It spans everything from LMS's to SIS's, covers content delivery and student proficiency, and assists with lesson planning, PBIS, DL/SPED, and MTSS. It seems as though we are in an era of education in which nearly everything has and continues to change drastically. Sorry, I didn't mean to go on a rant about my own frustration with spending such an exorbenant amount of time on so many things th
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