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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Against the 3A’s of EdTech: AI, Analytics, and Adaptive Technologies in Education

ProfHacker

I’ve had/have the privilege of being a member of the expert panel working on the NMC Horizon Report (the one that’s still in progress, the process of which I plan to write/co-write about soon, inshallah). In some of the discourses surrounding these technologies, there tends to be a reduction of what a teacher’s role is.

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New Media Consortium Unexpectedly Shuts Down, Citing ‘Errors and Omissions’ by CFO

Edsurge

A nonprofit known for its annual “Horizon Reports” on the future of technology at K-12 schools, universities, and museums abruptly shut down this month after officials discovered the organization was out of money. horizonreport #edtech #highered ??? So, go and download all their great reports #horizon #edtech.

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Buying or Building Research-Backed Edtech? The Government Can Help

Edsurge

Tibbetts Award , an annual recognition of high-performing organizations funded by the federal government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) programs. EdSurge (edtech product discovery). 2016 SBIR Awardees. 3C Institute (SEL for autistic students). 2016 SBIR Awardees.

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Jon has served as an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of Technology at the county level. VICKI: Happy edtech tool Tuesday. So John, what is our edtech tool today? And this is the beauty of technology.

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Adobe Flash End of Life & the Threat to Education

myViewBoard

Many of their technologies are in our school computers, software programs, and internet applications we use every day. In our whitepaper: Modern Educational Insights: The End Of Flash – EdTech And E-learning Users Beware we explored the beginning, rise, and ultimate end of Flash. As one popularity grew so did the other.

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