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How Digital Textbooks, Tech-Friendly Furniture, and Better Data Are Boosting Engagement at Community Colleges

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In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention.

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In the marketplace: Science achievement skyrockets, makerspaces expand, and more

eSchool News

Makerspaces are expected to reach accelerated classroom adoption in less than one year, according to the K-12 Edition of the 2016 New Media Consortium Horizon Report. Shmoop introduced a new service through which experts will read a student’s college application essay and provide detailed feedback and overall suggestions.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. And “free” doesn’t last. Amazon Inspire.

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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

Schools Full of Readers: Tools for Teachers, Coaches and leaders to Support Students , is also from 2019. In 2016, two books were published: The Reading Intervention Toolkit , by Shell Education and Read Talk Write: 35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction , published by Corwin Literacy.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” From the Amazon PR department : “ University of Oklahoma Expands Student Engagement with Alexa Skills.” “A TurboTax for student loan applications” according to Techcrunch, the company has raised $15.5

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via NJ Spotlight : “Few Class of 2016 Graduates Manage to Pass PARCC Tests.” ” That’s 1 in 10 students in New Jersey , to be clear. million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” Good luck with that.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Education Dive : “ The Iron Yard and Code Fellows , have partnered with nonprofit financial literacy organization Operation HOPE to create a $100 million scholarship fund to spur minority and low-income student engagement in tech fields.” – to the New York-based company Cyndx. Meanwhile on Campus.