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Crunch the Numbers:New Data on Student Wellbeing, the Skills Gap Crisis, and Tech Usage in Utah

eSchool News

This report reflects insights shared by more than 29,000 students in TSI’s Annual Student Survey and more than one million responses from its K-12 collaborative learning platform, #WinAtSocial — making it the largest data set of its kind, spanning grades 3 – 12 in schools across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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Celebrating a School-Wide Commitment to Powerful Learning

Digital Promise

Curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary learning and student interest through “RLS Periods,” classes based on the Renzulli Learning approach with topics including gardening, astronomy, and ceramics. Teachers use technology to create authentic and collaborative learning experiences for students.

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Marketplace trend update: 5 ed-tech developments

eSchool News

The new math and reading platform uniquely helps parents and teachers address core learning challenges by combining step-by-step lessons with a variety of learning formats for a multi-sensory approach aligned to the essential skills kids need to learn. The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Read more.

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

Learning with 'e's

Alternative modes Today, education has expanded beyond traditional learning spaces into distance education , blended learning, flipped classrooms , mobile learning, and online delivery through technologies such as MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Courses ). The future? So what will educational video look like in the future?

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Mimio unveils MimioMobile for browsers

eSchool News

In an effort to expand teachers’ ability to create unsurpassed collaborative learning environments, Mimio has launched two major updates to its MimioClassroom family of interactive teaching technologies: the MimioProjector 280T touch projector, and expanded device compatibility for the MimioMobile application. MimioProjector 280T.

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

Hack Education

In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. IDC estimates that the total number of shipments in 2015 was actually around 207 million units. But Martin Cooper, a Motorola exec, made the first mobile telephone call in 1973, not 1983. And the Internet?

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

The NMC Horizon 2015 K-12 report offers a snapshot of where ed tech stands now and where it is likely to go in the next five years, according to 56 education and technology experts from 22 countries. Access to mobile technology especially has helped students feel comfortable in the role of digital creator.