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The power of ed-tech in the developing world

Neo LMS

How ed-tech is shaping the developing world: a few case studies. When it comes to innovation and developing economies there are a lot of reports and studies that conclude with a large amounts of “shoulds” and “coulds”. billion in education budget cuts made in 2015. This is on top of the $3.5 Amazon in the Amazon.

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Lessons Learned While Creating Long Lasting Change in Providence Public Schools

Edsurge

This case study was originally published on Getting Smart. Cameron Berube, who began serving as Director of Curriculum and Instruction in 2015, was part of the design team to move the district toward PL. Read the full Providence Public Schools case study here. Like many public school districts across the U.S.,

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2015 $0. Obama administration FY 2015 request for a proposed replacement educational technology program (see page 5) : “ $200 million for a new ConnectEDucators initiative that would help educators transition to using technology and data to personalize learning and improve CCR [college- and career-ready] instruction and assessment.

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What to do with a good old wiki resource?

Bryan Alexander

Consider this a case study in evolving social media. Mobile services have taken up some of this need. So now it’s 2015 and I’d like to revisit this project. Several years ago I launched a wiki for a desperate purpose. Now I ponder its fate, and ask you, dear readers, for your thoughts.

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The GAFE vs. MS Question For K-8

There is no box

— Robert Pronovost (@pronovost) September 11, 2015. A few more thoughts for Robert’s particular case study: Go all in with GAFE. If you can’t add a new SSID in under a minute, you can’t adapt your network fast enough to deal with 1:1 mobile devices in a K12 environment. Get rock solid Wifi.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Gaming in Ed Now! - #YouMatter Special Offer - Connected Librarian Day

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We''ve set up a new student entrepreneurship portal at StudentEnrepreneurship.com that provides quick access to the free HPLIFE interactive classes for students to learn business skills, and gives you a chance to sign up for information about the free online conference on student entrepreneurship we plan to hold in 2015.

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Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

Graphite Blog

For example, our research shows that more than 75 percent of children live in homes with mobile technologies, but little attention is paid to how they are using those devices and the ways in which parents, teachers, and librarians should be helping them use media to learn. The answer is: not yet!