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Maine Announces Learning Technology Framework

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The true value of laptops and tablets in schools is not learning to use the technology, but rather using the technology to learn. The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI ) have been in place since 2002 and has certainly helped close the Digital Access Divide in Maine.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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3 educational technology tools to be thankful for

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Now is also a time to reflect on what educational technology tools U.S. trillion in American Internet infrastructure have helped to improve broadband speed by 660 times since 2002. The three Ts: Thanksgiving, turkey and tech. school districts are thankful for this year. Chromebooks. However, investments of over $1.5

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Learning for the Always-On Generation (Part 2)

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Today, digital learners have access to the greatest collection of information in human history—the Internet. Students can access over one trillion interconnected webpages and resources and use them to construct their own knowledge. The traditional has been to provide learners with text before pictures, sounds, color, and video.

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Naviance Wields Much ‘Power and Influence’ in College Admissions, Harvard Researcher Finds

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“This research shows this technology has a lot of power and influence” over students’ college decisions, Mulhern tells EdSurge. On average, Mulhern writes, students had access to scattergrams for 47 different colleges and universities. According to company officials, Naviance is used by about 40 percent of high schools in the U.S.

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The Revisability Paradox

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” If you’ve been working in educational technology since the 1990s, you might want to skip the first section below. Try this detailed elucidation of the reusability paradox from 2002.). Anyone with domain expertise and a word processor or WordPress instance can write definitions, descriptions, and explanations.

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Impero Software Named a Finalist for the 2018 Greater Austin Business Awards

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The libraries provide definitions relating to a broad range of safeguarding and student welfare issues, from bullying, self-harm and suicide to grooming, race and religious hatred, and weapons and violence. Founded in 2002, Impero software is now accessed by over 1.5 million devices in over 90 countries.