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

Tom Murray

Department of Education released the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP). First released in 1996 and updated every five years since, the NETP is the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. ConnectED Fellow, Zac Chase , from the U.S.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

And the reason that it is so important to us, is because there is a lot of documentation that is not out there anywhere else. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity. It’s a statistic that now we can put out there because we have documented evidence. It was never documented. The third time was the charm.

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Tenn. district partners with Discovery to transition to digital learning

eSchool News

Through this new collaboration, Wilson County educators will, beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, integrate Discovery Education’s Science Techbook (Grades K-12), Social Studies Techbook (Grades 6-8) and Math Techbook (Grades 6-12) into classroom instruction. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools.

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Future Ready update adds new resources and PD for leaders

eSchool News

Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative. The National Education Technology Plan is the flagship educational technology policy document for the U.S.

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Future Ready update adds new resources and PD for leaders

eSchool News

Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative. The National Education Technology Plan is the flagship educational technology policy document for the U.S.