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And the top e-learning trends for 2016 are.

Neo LMS

It’s December, it’s almost the end of the year and it's time to talk about the 2016 e-learning trends. There are those who are already replacing their full-blown laptops with a more portable tablet. And learning platforms are starting to get mobile developers to publish mobile apps and have them updated on a regular basis.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

K-12 Cyber Incident Map: 8 School Districts Have Experienced Multiple Cyber Incidents Since 2016 , which reports on a trend that I’ve seen in tracking K-12 cyber incident reports: school districts suffering repeat cyber incidents, even in the short time I’ve been tracking the issue (since the start of 2016).

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

Edsurge

As we took notes on our $2000 laptops, those stats seemed too far off. Personalized learning technology that dynamically adapts to student needs while offering teachers real-time insight into each student’s performance has been proven to increase student achievement. But the consultant was right.

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IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Deb transformed her classroom into a blended learning environment using her class website as a launchpad, as well as laptops and iPads with her students daily. Her work with students enabled her classroom to be recognized as a Blended Learning Lighthouse Classroom, which provided personalized instruction for her students.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

There’s also little evidence that personalized learning improves student learning, in part because so many different approaches are used. This requires a lot more depth and knowledge in terms of digging into the learning targets and really understanding [what] the child has to achieve.”. Getting there wasn’t easy.

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Schools are rethinking classroom design to encourage collaboration, creativity

The Hechinger Report

The space, upgraded in the 2015-2016 school year, is continuously changing. In 2016, a study using brain imaging to examine the effects of standing desks on high school students revealed improvements in working memory as well as in students’ ability to plan, organize and finish tasks. Barrett’s study of 153 U.K.

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