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What if students could study what they love, at a pace that suits their needs?

The Hechinger Report

Educators, researchers and advocates still quibble over the precise definition of personalized learning, but most agree on this much: In these classrooms teachers don’t pass out identical worksheets and tests to every student. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

Edsurge

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. The MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) program coevolved with the technology available. As has been reported , a number of districts opted to move back to laptops from iPads. So, what happened?

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How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

Edsurge

The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We EdSurge spoke with Dirkin about how an LMS can make professional learning more affordable and personalized and keep master teachers engaged—as well as what professional learning might look like in the future.

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Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

The Hechinger Report

When Pletnick joined the district in 2004, she had to find a way to manage the surging student population and, with it, students’ different academic needs. Subscribe to our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning. The post Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. While some license holders leased their spectrum in the 1980s and ’90s, the market for it remained somewhat sluggish until 2004, when the FCC changed the permitted use for that part of the spectrum from television to internet and renamed it EBS. Read more about the Digital Divide.

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As final year of college planning unfolds at Match: ‘What’s it gonna take?’

The Hechinger Report

percent of its graduates since 2004 have gone on to a four-year college, including Ivies like Dartmouth and Harvard. This year, The Hechinger Report is following the 43 members of the senior class at Match High as they navigate the monumental task of getting into college and paying for it. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

Hack Education

The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative have released the latest NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education. I have written quite a bit about the problems (as I see them) with the Horizon Report, most recently in a talk I gave last fall at VCU: “ The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release.”