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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

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Each targeted quest curates a collection of third-party apps, webtools, videos, games, and other resources that focus on particular math or reading skills identified by the teacher or from the student’s earlier work as an area of academic need. In fact, some students can be working on Chromebooks while others use iPads.

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

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But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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To Prepare Kids for Their Futures, Incorporate Technology Into Core Curriculum

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Your school just invested in a new set of Chromebooks or iPads. In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. For many schools, this isn’t for lack of technology. Tackling these challenges pays off.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Seesaw

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Also, be sure to check out our tips video for parents , as well as our detailed review of Seesaw's potential for learning. Seesaw is a digital platform where teachers of all grade levels and content areas can create learning tasks and assignments for students. What is Seesaw? Who can use Seesaw? How do teachers use Seesaw?

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Apple’s Strongest Case to Reclaim the Education Market Is Not the New iPad

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Throughout the speeches, presentations and product showcases, company employees and Apple touted how their tools can offer “creative” learning experiences that no others can do. Such features, he claimed, made the device more powerful than any laptop or Chromebook. That cost is still steeper than Chromebooks, which start at $179.

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Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech

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The teacher’s primary role is student learning, but student privacy isn’t always at the top of their mind,” says Racine. For instance, a curriculum director may decide that one math program does not align with the district’s academic standards, while another one does.

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What’s New

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Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION UPDATES ( edu.google.com ) Google for Education announced updates and new tools to help teachers keep innovation alive in their classrooms.