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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

Educators are striving to transform learning environments to meet changing needs. In the 2016 Speak Up survey, 68% of teachers said they used online videos in 2015 – compared to 48% in 2010. Chromebooks and tablets are designed for use with headphones or near the user. Amidst this rapid change is a sense of urgency.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. Once I was speaking in Virginia and some teachers told me I had to meet Pam, that she was a “teacher’s and student’s superintendent.” Date: January 15, 2018.

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Bankers, Buyers and Warriors: Reporter’s Notebook From the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

Edsurge

Nearly a dozen entrepreneurs we talked to said they each received upwards of 20 emails from investment banking groups, inviting them to meetings in private suites. Katie Blot, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, says she can trace at least 5 of those deals to a meeting at ASU+GSV.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

Edsurge

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Through a 2010 collaboration with Gisele Huff from the Jacquelin Hume Foundation and Michael B. He founded Education Elements to meet that need. Stay tuned!

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

Almost 14 million devices were shipped to schools last year, up from 3 million in 2010, according to the market research firm Futuresource Consulting. To buy Chromebooks, the most-purchased device on the ed tech market , school districts can check prices from Google, Acer, Samsung, HP and others. classrooms.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. Fellows attended monthly meetings at which they could share their questions and observations about personalized learning. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets?