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CDI’s Chromebook Division Reaches Milestone by Supporting more than 2,000 School and District Initiatives

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Chicago IL –March 26, 2018 – Chromebooks are an affordable and popular solution for schools adopting 1:1 programs. CDI Computer Dealers , a leading provider of technology to schools, is helping schools transition to the Chromebook ecosystem and is now meeting the Chromebook needs of more than 2,000 schools and districts.

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5th Grade: Here I Come!

Learning in Hand

I have truly learned so much about teaching, learning, and technology. I am delighted to say that I signed a contract to teach fifth grade for the 2018-2019 school year. The last time I taught fifth grade was in 2004 , and I am so incredibly excited about spending an entire school year with my own group of young learners again.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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The Sakai Project, an effort to build a community-source learning-management system as an alternative to commercial systems like Blackboard, started with great fanfare and grant support in 2004—but its use has shrunk to less than 3 percent of the LMS market in North America in 2018, according to a report by e-Literate.

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To un-muzzle upstart Negros, we need black-owned news media

The Hechinger Report

When I was a newly minted college professor in New Orleans in the winter of 2004, I began writing regular editorials for the Louisiana Weekly , a newspaper devoted to the city’s black community. Typically, black media took it much harder. As the saying goes, when white folks catch a cold, black folks get pneumonia.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. In 2014, the labor market analysis firm Burning Glass Technologies tried to capture the extent of degree inflation. A growing number of businesses are listening. Degree inflation.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She also has worked at the University of Chicago’s Urban Education Institute and the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education and currently serves as the director of educational technology at North Shore Country Day School. Gray is an educational innovation consultant working with schools, organizations, and corporations.

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Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

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The Role of Technology During COVID. Even though many had been using technology in the classroom, they were not ready for the full-on virtual digital learning environment COVID demanded. Leveraging technology to support all student learners is essential. Access and connectivity must be equitable. Professional Learning.