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3 things schools must know about the rising “phigital” student

eSchool News

And though Gen Z is starting to graduate this year, there’s still a massive amount of them within various levels of education—nearly 73 million (born between 1995 and 2012), according to Time magazine. Already, K-12 schools are beginning to leverage the E-Rate for a digital transformation [read here and also here ].

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ISTE 2015: (Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking

Dangerously Irrelevant

Right now most educators are poor judges of deeper, richer technology usage, which is why we see lots of lower-level technology use instead of schools taking advantage of the rich affordances that digital learning technologies could bring to our classrooms. Participant device prerequisites. Purpose and objectives. Register here!

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Organizing the Edtech Toolbox

edWeb.net

During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. Monica Cougan joined ENA in 2012, where she currently serves as the product marketing manager. Joseph, Ed.D.,

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

When Darling-Hammond looked around recently for school districts with online education plans that California might learn from, hurricane- and flood-prone districts in southern Florida stood out, she said. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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LIVE: Using The Right Tool In Your Digital Classroom | #ISTE2015 Panel Discussion

TeacherCast

Jaime is the Chief Education Evangelist at Google, Inc.Jaimeevangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools as enabling and supporting capabilities in pursuit of creating powerful learning models. What is a digital learning experience? Are the principals of digital learning the same for all ages?

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

in 2012 and the platform continues to serve districts across the nation as School Way. They lead online education worldwide with innovative digital solutions that individualize learning for each student, and they equip students for success by developing and delivering highly effective digital learning through an intuitive online platform.

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