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What Educators Need to Know Right Now About Digital Citizenship

The CoolCatTeacher

NetRef offers powerful Internet monitoring software that I recommend for schools. Having co-authored the US’s first parents’ guide to teen social networking, published in 2006, she has also contributed to a number of books and publications, most recently Bullying: Perspectives, Practice and Insights (Council of Europe, 2017).

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. SIIA dates back to 1984, when it was known as the Software Publishers Association. It was where you went to get deals done,” recalls Catalano.

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Defeat the Digital Divide Helps Bring Reliable Internet Connections to Schools Nationwide

eSchool News

It’s led by a group of industry experts in the technology and education space who are combining their expertise and passion for helping kids learn to connect school districts to the resources and funding available to bring reliable internet service to their students. Cradlepoint ?is Cradlepoint’s?NetCloud Wireless WAN ?edge Cradlepoint?to

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PROOF POINTS: 114 studies on flipped classrooms show small payoff for big effort

The Hechinger Report

In a flipped classroom, students watch video lectures before class and use class time to work on assignments and group projects. The University of Utrecht analysis of all the mixed results of 114 studies from 2006 through 2016 found that flipped classrooms tended to increase student learning by a small amount.

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AdvancED to Merge With Assessment Maker, Measured Progress to Form $120M Nonprofit

Edsurge

The new group doesn’t yet have a name, and the deal won’t be finalized until closer to the end of the year. To do so, it offers a range of supports that include observation software and professional development services. AdvancED also offers accreditation services—a business that it has deep roots in. Several years ago, the Dover, N.H.-based

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Silver Lake Acquires Majority Stake in Weld North’s Digital Curriculum Business

Edsurge

This week, KKR announced it has sold its majority stake in Weld North Education, a subset of the overall Weld North portfolio, to Silver Lake, another private equity group whose holdings also include Dell, GoDaddy and Symantec. Overall, nine of the 16 companies purchased by Weld North are part of the group now owned by Silver Lake.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

As more schools went online and demand for education software grew, more companies began designing and commissioning their own studies about their products. Others sell some of the most widely used education software in schools today. Misleading research claims are increasingly common in the world of ed tech.

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