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10 edtech experts you should follow

Hapara

But it can be a struggle to understand how to use classroom technology in meaningful ways. Each of these experts has a background in education, a unique voice and a passion for using technology in the classroom. She is an educator who has taught in the classroom, written curriculum and worked as a technology integration specialist.

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

Edsurge

In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. Teachers are the unwavering center of schooling and we should continue to learn from them every day. They were the outliers, those willing to open up their classrooms to try new things.

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

Membership is affordable because I believe in the importance of what students learn by doing Shapegrams challenges. When I taught fifth grade, a new Shapegram greeted students in our Google Classroom for their morning message every Wednesday. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website.

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

So when Piedmont is looking for great digital science and social studies programs for its middle school, it’s hard for them to know where to look and what’s out there. WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies.

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Top Hat Raises $55 Million to Take on Big Textbook Publishers

Edsurge

Mike Silagadze isn’t shy about his desire to take market share from the largest college textbook publishers through his classroom software company Top Hat. He believes his company’s brand of digital textbooks beats anything Pearson, McGraw-Hill and their ilk can provide. Bluedoor was founded in 2005 and is based in Minneapolis.

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

Doug Levin

FY 2005 $496,000,000 (President Bush’s request: $691,800,000). Districts seeking funds to integrate technology into teaching and learning can use other Federal program funds such as Improving Teacher Quality State Grants and Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies.” ” How would the program operate?

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Launching SchoolLibraryNJ (and some models beyond)

NeverEndingSearch

The WA Digital Teachkit is an easy-to-use guides crafted by teacher librarians to help K12 educators select, understand, and use commonly-adopted digital learning tools in Washington State. Divided into two sections, WA Digital TeachKit. Among the Guides are: WA Digital TeachKit Guides. Chapter in Mary K.

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