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1:1 iPads and Digital Learning in Belton ISD

EdTechSandyK

This conference about all things iPad in education was co-sponsored by Eanes ISD and TCEA. The first session I attended at iPadpalooza was presented by Instructional Technology Coordinators Terice Schneider and Vicki Ventura of Belton Independent School District. Gave high school teachers iPads ahead of time. There were tears.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

“The number of states planning to use the new tests dropped from 45 in 2011 to 20 in 2016,” Education Next observed this fall , and many states and districts have opted to use the SAT or ACT instead of those assessments created by the Common Core consortia, SBAC and PARCC. ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.) Surprise, surprise.