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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

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Join the edWeb Team at ISTE 2015

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dreambox learning. What does the future look like when the promise of personalized learning is realized? Metiri CEO Cheryl Lemke has the latest scoop on five indicators that make or break a school’s progress toward deep, personalized learning with technology. Envision Education at ISTE! Can’t make it?

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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And then there’s Mark Zuckerberg’s venture philanthropy firm and its commitment to fund “personalized learning.” “New Facebook features intended for developers could, if expanded, turn the social networking site into an online learning platform,” Inside Higher Ed reported in June.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

Pearson was one of the companies, along with Apple, that was faulted as the Los Angeles Unified school district’s 1-to-1 iPad program, faced technical breakdowns and backlash. Pearson’s common-core aligned curriculum was supposed to come pre-loaded on iPads, and the company was criticized by those who said it wasn’t ready.

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Digital Courseware or ePUB – Which is the Future of Higher Education?

Kitaboo on EdTech

Slowly we saw the direct conversion of textbooks to eBooks in simple electronic formats like PDF which can be downloaded or accessed by students using mobile devices like phones, iPads and Kindle. Digital learning materials offer the potential to personalize learning for effective learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. ” That is the Sophie B. Wright Charter School in New Orleans.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. The iPad would solve that,” he said. Bill Gates wouldn’t let his kids have cellphones. Alexa at School. “Do

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