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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

While the Wild West era of edtech may be over, there’s still some mystery over how schools decide what digital materials to buy. Furman: For his small district with fewer funds and fewer personnel, he can’t justify a long research process when many edtech products are obsolete in two years. Small district: Dr. L.

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Salesforce Donates $8.5M to Computer Science Education

Edsurge

Funding in both districts will go toward hiring math and computer science middle school staff, buying assistive technology for special education students and supporting college and career programs. In 2014, Salesforce almost doubled that amount and donated $5 million. in 2014 to 3.05 percent are Latino.

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Wakelet

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

For several years, Storify was one of my favorite free "go to" edtech tools. When one edtech door closes, another one often opens. Because Stella is an experienced user of Wakelet -- be sure to check out her Wakelet profile -- what better time to interview her, as well as share her thoughts on other edtech tools?