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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

A great deal has changed since Digital Leadership was published in 2014. More and more schools have gone 1:1 thanks to the cost-effectiveness of the Chromebook and cloud-based tools. What I have described above only accounts for a small subset of the changes we have seen since 2014. What should be removed?

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2014, the college and career planning startup ConnectEDU filed for bankruptcy , as it struggled to make good on its debts despite having raised some $61 million in venture funding. ConnectEDU.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Here’s Edsurge’s “exclusive” on the news that Android apps will soon be able on Chromebooks. ” And “ Education news from Google I/O : tools to take learning further.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Pay Edsurge money to see the details.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” Edsurge offers “Your Guide to Running a School Like Disney World.”