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No Begging Required: Teachers Share 5 Creative Ways to Fund Classroom Technology

Edsurge

Computers, tablets, and listening centers/headphones continue to be our most popular and common technology projects,” says Pearsall. “As As the maker movement catches on, we're seeing more requests for things like MakerBots, 3Doodler pens, and robotics kits.” Teachers turning to DonorsChoose must be willing to gamble, however.

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Why Pre-K Computer Programming Should Be More Hands and Less Screen

Edsurge

Yet a growing number of educational institutions across the States are using iPads; a 2013 survey of K-12 students showed that 48 percent had used a tablet during class. The user writes commands for movement and drawing to produce line graphics either on screen or with a small robot—a turtle armed with a pen.

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Is it finally time for year-round school?

The Hechinger Report

Harlandale administrators tried to smooth the transition to remote learning, lending students tablets, parking WiFi-enabled buses throughout the district and partnering with food banks to give out groceries and school supplies. There are plans for camps, possibly for fine arts, robotics or coding. “We

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Could Year-round School Provide Vulnerable Students with Needed Help?

MindShift

Harlandale administrators tried to smooth the transition to remote learning, lending students tablets, parking WiFi-enabled buses throughout the district and partnering with food banks to give out groceries and school supplies. There are plans for camps, possibly for fine arts, robotics or coding. “We

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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

The Hechinger Report

Edmondson Elementary Principal Trish Malik, who has been at the school since 2012, visits with Cheryl Cook and Michelle Myers, who work on family and community partnerships at the Thompson School District, before a January family event. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report.

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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.” 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

The quotation is from 2012. Indeed, according to the latest statistics from the Department of Education – now granted, this is from the 2012–2013 academic year – there are 4726 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States. 2012 – the phones too big for their pockets.

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