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How to Start a High School Esports Team & Benefit Your School

ViewSonic Education

In addition to the well-documented social and physical benefits of group activities, esports is able to offer students improved academic professional opportunities. These include big-name sponsors, competitive pro leagues, college competitions and, in 2017, more global viewers than the 2016 NFL regular season. Decide on the details.

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Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, teachers and administrators had to replace conventional 0-100 grading systems with a new 1-4 score that measured how proficient a student was at meeting a standard or learning a new skill. The post Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Revised Federal Edtech Plan Calls for Closing Digital Divides

Edsurge

The plan was first released to fulfill the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and last revised in 2016. The focus on designing education for all students in the classroom and real examples of technology use in the report are critical for meeting this challenge, Jones says. To some, the update was overdue.

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Technology I use on a Daily Basis - 2016 Version

Educational Technology Guy

Here's my updated version for Spring, 2016. I use it for travel, conferences and off-site meetings. It automatically scans both sides, very quickly, and then sorts things into the proper notebooks in Evernote based on what they are (document, business card, receipt, photo, etc). I am a K-12 Education Strategist for CDW-G.

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

The Hechinger Report

ACT’s researchers calculated that the number of test takers with an A average surpassed the number of B students after 2016. Something interesting is happening in 2016. The College Board, which administers the SAT, has also documented grade inflation by comparing SAT scores with high school grades. for the entire decade.

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ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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Purdue University Suspends Income-Share Agreements, Its Loan Alternative

Edsurge

After Vemo’s departure, [the Purdue Research Foundation] was not able to timely identify a suitable successor meeting PRF’s high standards for ISA origination activities in the coming academic year.” But payment turned out to be a nightmare for some high-earning students, as documented by the Indianapolis Star.

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