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The New National Education Technology Plan: What’s in it for Me?

Tom Murray

In December of 2015, on the same day that President Obama signed the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA), the U.S. Department of Education released the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP). One major theme of the plan discussed in the webinar, is the need to move from passive to active use with technology.

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21 education technology recommendations for 2016

eSchool News

The new National Education Technology Plan offers a vision and roadmap for technology-supported learning. A new federal National Education Technology Plan reveals 21 recommendations for policymakers, administrators, teachers and teacher preparation professionals. Next page: The 21 technology recommendations.

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21 education technology recommendations for 2016

eSchool News

The new National Education Technology Plan offers a vision and roadmap for technology-supported learning. A new federal National Education Technology Plan reveals 21 recommendations for policymakers, administrators, teachers and teacher preparation professionals. Next page: The 21 technology recommendations.

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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment

TeachThought - Learn better.

To help you start thinking about Replacement Thinking, I’d like to offer the following action steps to bring more contemporary ideas into your own professional practices: Action Step 1: Stop thinking technology first. Action Step 4: Provide always-on, asynchronous access to that which is being assessed. Everything. All the time.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

Text messaging has become a tool of choice for teacher-student communication (in the past, it was a way to interact with teachers and parents; between 2015-2018, only about 14% of teachers texted with students). With innovative technologies and solutions we’re bringing them closer to the knowledge they seek and the potential they can achieve.

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The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning

Doug Levin

I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons, including sloppiness in reporting, bias, and lack of relevance to education policy and practice considerations.