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Today's Newsletter: Requiem for a District Tech Plan

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Video security systems, computers, printers, projectors and classroom sound amplifiers installed as part of the Red Plan — approved in 2007 and completed in 2013 — are outdated.” So school districts — and taxpayers — are going to have to confront an unexpected reality of the digital age.”

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Technological Integration The 21st-century classroom is unimaginable without the integration of technology, and soon AI (artificial intelligence). Jossey-Brass.

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Today - Alan November on "Who Owns the Learning?"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Monday, February 18th, 2013 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Today - Maurice Gibbons on Self-Directed Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Thursday, February 21st, 2013 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Live Tuesday March 27th - Alec Couros Talks "Open Teaching"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The "Open Course" he has run since 2007 incorporates both formal and informal aspects of social learning within its very loose structure, and has been credited as being one of the inspirations of some prominent MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) offerings (although he describes the Open Course as a "Small Open Online Course").

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Live Thursday March 22nd - A Conversation with David Warlick

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

My association with David goes back many years--he was a guest on my interview series in 2007 as part of a series on "School 2.0," and actually generated the ideas for what have become the now-annual Bloggers'' Cafe and EduBloggerCon (now SocialEdCon) events at many of the ed tech conferences. Log in at [link].

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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

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2U 2008 2014 $665M (IPO) Archipelago Learning 2000 2012 $302M (acquired by PLATO Learning) Chegg 2005 2013 $830M (IPO) Connections Education 2001 2011 $400M (acquired by Pearson) HigherOne 2000 2012 $260M (acquired by Blackboard) Instructure 2008 2014 $487M (IPO) K12.com

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