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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time.

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Interview with André Spang, @Tastenspieler: Remix the Textbook!

Teacher Reboot Camp

André is a #DigitalLeadLearner, using web media and iPads in the classroom, an OER maker and a founder of the German Twitter chat, #EDchatDE. André is an Apple Distinguished Educator and member of the Kompetenz Team Köln, NRW for Media consulting since 2015. the KAS Junior Experts and the KAS Digital Experts.

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The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

eSchool News

In high school math teacher Joe Sowinski’s classes, technology has changed class structure. The district is in the midst of navigating another drastic shift: rolling out custom, teacher-curated curriculum designed with free, openly licensed material, district technology director Ed Eimiller said.

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The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit - 110 sessions + 80 replays #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Educational Technology ? Open Source and OER ? Alice Keeler : Interview Amany Kheriba : OER: A way out through pandemics and beyond Amna Manzoor : Veni, vidi and vici: Ingenious, Making the Most Out of the Pandemic! Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ? College Admissions ?

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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'

Hack Education

Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten? I want to point out that education technology investment is not interested in “free and open” when it comes to higher education. From 2007 to 2015, total outstanding federal student loan debt doubled from $516 billion to $1.2

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