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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

Edsurge

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. Tablet computers didn’t take off until a decade later. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

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Depending on how we use it, technology can be either a priceless tool or endless distraction. Through computers, smartphones, and tablets, we have a wealth of information at our fingertips that can be both entertaining and intellectually stimulating. On average, children have regular access to at least five different screens at home.[1]

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5 Augmented and Virtual Reality Creation Tools for Students

Shake Up Learning

Luckily, augmented and virtual reality tools (often abbreviated AR and VR respectively) are becoming readily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, tablet or even a Chromebook. The technology giants of the world have found ways so that the average person can create their own AR and VR worlds with very little training or gear.

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Adobe Flash End of Life & the Threat to Education

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Many of their technologies are in our school computers, software programs, and internet applications we use every day. There will be places especially in education where things do not move as fast as the adoption of new technologies in personal and business computing. What does the Adobe Flash end of life mean for educators?

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

TeachThought - Learn better.

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff.

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Learning for the Always-On Generation (Part 2)

EdNews Daily

Thanks in large part to digital bombardment, the pervasive exposure to television, smartphones, computers, gaming consoles and tablets regularly, they are neurologically wired differently and prefer to learn using different methods and tools than learners of the past. . Images have the ability to communicate meaning quickly.