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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003]. Learn more via [link] speakup/. Since 2003, more than 3.7 BrainPOP, DreamBox Learning, Fuel Education, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Rosetta Stone, Schoolwires and SMART Technologies.

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

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2015 $0. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). Dear Colleague Letter: Resource Comparability , which emphases technology-related equity issues (October 2014). ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2013 $0. FY 2014 $0.

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Four tips for teaching in uncertain times

Hapara

Put everything related to your class in your digital hub, including: Instructions for digital learning activities. Instructions for non-digital activities. Digital learning hubs also benefit teachers because you can schedule assignments and plan for substitute teachers. 4 (2015): 385—418, [link].

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. While some educators laud personalized learning’s benefits, there aren’t mountains of comprehensive studies to validate claims. Oregon is ahead of the curve nationally, having delved into the method in 2003.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced in October of last year that he’d step down at the end of 2015. How might this be used against undocumented immigrants, for example, or against other groups that the administration finds politically suspect? The Obama Administration (in Its Final Year) and Education.