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EdSurge’s 2017 Year in Review: The Top 10 K-12 Stories, as Chosen by You

Edsurge

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. Three students share how they’re still learning, and how schools can help. Honorable Mentions What Would Happen If Learning in School Became More Like Working at a Startup?

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5 Ideas for Technology Stations

The CoolCatTeacher

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. Learn how she helps students learn and progress using technology. Friday, September 8, 2017. Leslie: We use both Chromebooks and iPads. All comments in the shaded green box are my own.

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After Early Results, Personalized Learning Is 'Quickly Becoming District-Wide' in Dallas

Edsurge

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. After that, a Surface device, then a Chromebook. The school also incorporates projects, flexible environments and student-led learning into its model. The school also incorporates projects, flexible environments and student-led learning into its model.

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Rockin’ the Mindset- A Teacher Leader Cohort Journey

EdTechTeam

Read about Angela Barnett ’s journey with technology as she moved from unsure to a confident teacher after being a part of the Summer Online Teacher Leader Cohort in 2017. Last year I was moved from 2nd to 3rd grade AND with a chrome cart (1:1 Chromebooks) – There was no real training or PD provided for this new tool. .

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Virtual Reality (VR) as a New Educational Paradigm

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017. They run on a desktop client, but they have the beta that runs on a browser, so you could run it, say on a Chromebook. Chromebooks only run stuff that’s on browsers. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript. VR as a new educational paradigm.

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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

Edsurge

- Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. He founded Education Elements to meet that need.