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Virtual Classrooms and VR Help Schools Get Qualified Teachers

EdTech Magazine

In The Gallup 2017 Survey of K–12 School District Superintendents , 67 percent of respondents said the quantity of new teacher candidates is decreasing and 39 percent said the quality is also declining. Thankfully, technologies such as virtual reality and collaboration software can assist with the training and recruiting of better teachers.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 30 Edition)

Doug Levin

I’m looking forward to stepping away from the office and spending time with family and friends one last time before the 2017-18 school year gets underway in earnest. Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why.

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Facebook and Fake News: Esther Wojcicki On Teaching Digital Journalism in High School

Edsurge

At times 2017 has seemed like a new era for reporting, where newsrooms have had to question and reevaluate their purpose for existing. So how do we prepare today’s high school journalists (and tomorrow’s mainstream reporters) for such an era? It's called the blended learning method that we're doing in Palo Alto Unified Schools.