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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In 2012, Chromebooks accounted for only 1% of the devices sold to US classrooms; now, they make up more than half of the edtech market. As Secretary Duncan’s chief of staff wrote at the time, the Common Core was intended to create a national market for book publishers, technology companies , testing corporations, and other vendors.”.

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Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?

Edsurge

and elsewhere regularly use software and curriculum developed within the past decade, often developed by small companies and former educators. Clever-2012. Nearpod-2012. Tynker-2012. Tynker-2012. Conversations about the role of privacy and digital citizenship wash into social studies and current events.

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Men behaving badly

Dangerously Irrelevant

Sarkeesian has been relentlessly stalked, abused and threatened since 2012, when she started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a series of YouTube videos critiquing the representation of women in video games. When I write critically about Khan Academy or Apple, I know I’ll hear an earful — and it isn’t simply an earful of disagreement.

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What New Research on Teens and Social Media Means for Teachers

techlearning

This research is the second wave in an ongoing study tracking teens' attitudes about social media; we released our original report in 2012. In 2012, that number was 34 percent. The number of teens with a smartphone more than doubled since 2012, from 41 percent up to 89 percent. Most American teenagers have a smartphone.

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What New Research on Teens and Social Media Means for Teachers

Graphite Blog

This research is the second wave in an ongoing study tracking teens' attitudes about social media; we released our original report in 2012. In 2012, that number was 34 percent. The number of teens with a smartphone more than doubled since 2012, from 41 percent up to 89 percent. Most American teenagers have a smartphone.

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What New Research on Teens and Social Media Means for Teachers

Graphite Blog

This research is the second wave in an ongoing study tracking teens' attitudes about social media; we released our original report in 2012. In 2012, that number was 34 percent. The number of teens with a smartphone more than doubled since 2012, from 41 percent up to 89 percent. Most American teenagers have a smartphone.

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What New Research on Teens and Social Media Means for Teachers

Graphite Blog

This research is the second wave in an ongoing study tracking teens' attitudes about social media; we released our original report in 2012. In 2012, that number was 34 percent. The number of teens with a smartphone more than doubled since 2012, from 41 percent up to 89 percent. Most American teenagers have a smartphone.