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Unlocking AI’s Potential: Live Blog #ISTELive

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This post will be a live post of the Microsoft “mini keynote” about Unlocking AI's potential. Link to Session This blog post is sponsored by Microsoft, all opinions are my own. Lydia Smyers, lead for US for Education for Microsoft.

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

“At the heart of formative assessment is the underlying goal of meeting students where they are in their learning,” notes an anonymous study from Digital Promise. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms! integrated with HP Chromebooks.

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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

Edsurge

MAKING THE PRIVACY CUT: A 2013 Fordham study found that less than 7 percent of the district-vendor contracts restricted the sale of student information by vendors. MICROSOFT LOVES ITS PARTNERS: Microsoft has partnered with edX on five upcoming courses for school principals, headmasters, superintendents and other leaders.

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Top 5 Benefits of Digital Textbooks You Never Knew About

Kitaboo on EdTech

They have opened up new opportunities for students who now can access study-material from any device. Increased Accessibility In one of its most comprehensive studies to date, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that over 240 million children worldwide suffer from some form of disability.

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Edsurge

While Google, Microsoft and Apple have been pursuing their ambitions in K-12 and higher education for more than a decade, Amazon has mostly remained at the sidelines. These learning centers look less like classrooms and more like co-working spaces, with lounges, group meeting rooms, individual study spaces, playgrounds and makerspaces.

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K-12 Dealmaking: McGraw-Hill Ed. and Cengage Make Acquisitions

Marketplace K-12

“The Redbird acquisition allows us to expand our portfolio of adaptive learning products as we continue our transformation from a textbook publisher to a learning science company.”. Beijing-based Zuoyebang is a mobile study platform that offers homework assistance for primary and secondary school students.

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Best Math Apps For Kids

Fractus Learning

Best Math Game For Virtual Learning: Prodigy: Kids Math Game. Prodigy is free to use math apps for students age 6 to 14 years and schools that utilize an adaptive learning platform. The Prodigy Math Game World offers quests and in-game rewards to motive kids to learn math. Rocket Math is also available on iOS devices.