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Stop Celebrating Low-Level Learning

Tom Murray

In the spring of 2002, I was teaching 4th grade in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. That’s right, in 2002, 17 years ago, we were 1:1. Image Credit: The Morning Call, 2002 “I’d love to see these units become standard equipment for all students in five to ten years.” Murray, 2002 (HAHA!!) Palm Pilots.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005. Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning Unboxing the Lenovo Flex 5i: The Best Chromebook. Robert Letcher has a solid education background with a focus on instructional and performance technologies.

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3 educational technology tools to be thankful for

eSchool News

Chromebooks. With 1:1 initiatives increasingly being either considered or implemented across the US, school districts need an affordable and easy-to-use device for their students: enter, Chromebooks. trillion in American Internet infrastructure have helped to improve broadband speed by 660 times since 2002. K-12 schools.

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Wacom for Education

Kathy Schrock

I have had a couple of Wacom pen tablets over the years -- the Wacom Graphire in 2002 (which included a mouse and a pen), which we also used in my school's computer lab, and the Bamboo Capture Pen and Touch tablet which I reviewed in 2013. Wacom (pronounced Wok'um) has been the standard in the pen tablet and pen display industry since 1984.

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Don’t Rely on Cute Apps and Games to Teach Coding. Turn to Your Students Instead.

Edsurge

In 2002, I founded a summer coding camp, SummerTech, located on the campus of Purchase College, SUNY. Early coding can be done on any computer more powerful than a Chromebook. Everything your school wants to accomplish in coding should focus on people and actual coding. This, I learned the hard way. The kids had plenty of fun.

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Acer Announces Alliance With Wonder Workshop

techlearning

The bundles pair Wonder Workshop’s Cue, Dash and Dot robots with Acer Chromebooks, Chrome tablets, Window notebook PCs and Android tablets. The new STEAM bundles are being shown in Acer (2002) and Wonder Workshop’s (5418) booths this week at ISTE 2018 in Chicago at McCormick Place West Building. Prices start at $895.

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Google Sites as Digital Portfolios

EdTechTeam

This year, my college anatomy class is lucky enough to have access to chromebooks in the classroom daily. I decided to use Google Sites , since our school had adopted the Google Suite of apps and chromebooks. Does anyone really think that our students look back in their binders to find a packet from earlier in the year?

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