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Instructor Spotlight: Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

Before joining EdTechTeacher, Tom served as Digital Learning Director for the Bristol Warren Regional School District, leading their Future Ready Educational Technology initiative and 1-1 device program. Tom provides keynote and workshop services on the following topics [& Many more!]

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Microsoft Exec. Challenges Publishers to Change, as Students’ Use of Technology Shifts

Marketplace K-12

Learning has been transformed globally by new ways of using technology outside classrooms—but schools and education systems mostly have remained stagnant in how they use digital applications for teaching and learning, Anthony Salcito, Microsoft’s vice president for worldwide education, told publishing executives gathered here Tuesday.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Google Offers Free Cloud Access to Colleges, Plays Catch Up to Amazon, Microsoft

Edsurge

Amazon Web Services has dominated the cloud service business by being around longest (2006) and nabbing corporate and governmental customers like Comcast, Adobe and the Department of Defense. Microsoft’s cloud service, Azure, doesn’t fall too far behind, having launched in 2010 and doing business with GE Healthcare and DocuSign. “Of

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

Edsurge

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. 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. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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LIVE: @Microsoft_EDU @SWAY is an Awesome New Presentation Tool for your Classroom

TeacherCast

I’d like to introduce you to the brand new Microsoft SWAY. teaches 5th grade in Manteca Unified School District and Pre-Service Technology at Teachers College of San Joaquin (Stockton, CA). She has led so many trainings from 2005-present that she has earned the designation of Microsoft Innovative Educator Master Trainer.