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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. They can show you have to use technology to unlock deeper student relationships with your students.

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Building Education Technology for the Developing World

Edsurge

My move to India was driven by my desire to see the impact of technology in education in the Indian context,” Parida says. Yet these difficulties have not deterred efforts from gritty entrepreneurs to improve educational opportunities through technology. So she packed up and move to Mumbai, where she found work at Zaya. “My

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Data Shows Demographics Are Shifting in Fast-Growing Cities. How Are School Districts Impacted?

Edsurge

As the number of Hispanic students grows, for instance, the education landscape is adapting to meet their particular needs, as well — be it more representation in children’s books or busing a mobile preschool to kids in rural areas. The trend lines compare the race/ethnicity proportions estimated in 2005-2009 to the estimates for 2017-2021.

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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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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

While these predictions are rooted in reality, just as in the show Black Mirror , technology can have some unintended consequences. In Steve Jobs’ memorable 2005 commencement address at Stanford, he shared a story about “connecting the dots.” Jobs’ launch of the iPhone in 2007 led to a revolution in mobile computing.

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Exploring medical technologies

Learning with 'e's

One of my earliest jobs back in the 1980s was managing the educational technology and learning resources for several nurse education centres across the South West of England. During this time I also worked closely with several leading NHS surgeons and physicians as they developed new techniques and explored new technologies.

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5 Good Websites Like YouTube

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

YouTube first founded in around February 14, 2005 and since then it has grown so exponentially that as of 2021 YouTube boasts 2.24 As of writing these lines, the site boasts over 4000 talks covering various topics including science, design, global issues, technology, social sciences, business, and many more.

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