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6 Edtechs Compete in a Voice Challenge

This is an excerpt from an article posted on EdSurge by Diana Lee featuring one of Healthy Teen Network’s latest innovations.

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May 7, 2020

T hree finalists focus on student life skills to win. In July 2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SXSW EDU issued a challenge to the edtech world:

Design an Alexa skill to transform education.

Developers across the U.S. presented an expansive range of innovative ideas for using voice technology to address the most pressing problems facing education today. Their solutions for the Amazon Alexa EdTech Skills Challenge focused on improving the home to school connection, teacher and administrator productivity, accessibility and student learning.

Want to learn more? Read the full article with interviews from the finalists…

This is an excerpt from an article posted on EdSurge and features one of Healthy Teen Network’s latest innovations. Diana Lee is an educational content strategist, writer, and qualitative researcher passionate about storytelling for social change. Read more.

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