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#iste17 trends: Google, Touch Screen Chromebooks and More

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Kasey Bell @shakeuplearning sits down to talk about the hot trends at ISTE 2017 including lots of Google stuff, new AR news, Google Keep, touch Screen Chromebooks, and more news. I will be leading a panel discussion on 5 Key Trends Transforming Teaching Today at ISTE 2017 on Monday June 26, 2017 at 4pm in room 225 A and B.

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Spotting the 2017 Trends That Fuel Edtech Innovation and Investments

Edsurge

Reach Capital Edtech Outlook 2017 from Jennifer Carolan. Education technology spans a broad category of classroom tools, spanning corporate learning, language learning, digital learning content and more. Here are some of the trends from 2017 we’re excited to share: 1.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Looking ahead, a renewed focus on energy will take place in 2017.

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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

Another study found that from 2017-2019, an annual estimated average of 7,500 kids had backpack-related injuries and had to visit an emergency room. . Digital textbooks don’t present the same problem. Learners access them on devices like Chromebooks, tablets or phones.

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The learning experience is different in schools that assign laptops, a survey finds

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The student can be responsible for their own learning and feel good about being responsible for their own learning,” Evans said.

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How Much Longer Will Schools Have to Scrape Together Technology Funding?

Edsurge

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

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One School District’s Simple Solution to the Homework Gap? Local Businesses

Edsurge

They had Chromebooks, but no connection. Students who are able to access digital learning at school, but not at home, are part of what is known as the “homework gap,” and it affects an estimated 12 million students in the U.S. That was about a year ago, in October 2017. Because guess what?