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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

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For my notes on Day 1 of this academy, which took place January 15, 2014, click here. Distict #1 : Principal of an elementary school shared that as part of their 1:1 initiative, they want to create a bank of lessons created by students based on [link] which Alan shared last time. What you can say: I like that because.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

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Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

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The Ed-Tech Imaginary

Hack Education

Take Nicholas Negroponte, for example, the co-founder of the MIT Media Lab who in his 2014 TED Talk predicted that in 30 years time (that is, 24 years from now), you will swallow a pill and "know English," swallow a pill and "know Shakespeare." The students at Little Dipper Elementary still sat in desks in rows.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via NSBA’s Legal Clips blog : “ Satanic Temple withdraws request to start after school club at Washington state elementary school.” Khan Academy wants to start offering diplomas. ” That’s after paying £4,327 in UK taxes in 2014. Accreditation and Certification. What could go wrong?!

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The Business of Education Technology

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The move away from the Common Core consortia for assessment and towards the (Common Core-aligned) SAT has been a boon for the College Board, no surprise, which reported over $840 million in revenue in 2014 (the last year it’s tax forms are available online). ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.)

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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.” .” Via Democracy : “The Untold History of Charter Schools.”