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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition). " Tagged on: July 23, 2017 Education Division Strategic Plan | National Governors Association → NGA's Education Division has a new strategic plan (2017-2020), which includes a focus on personalized learning.

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Will a new batch of licenses help rural students get online?

The Hechinger Report

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the press release : “FBI Releases 2017 Hate Crime Statistics.” The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. More robot news up in the MOOC section above.

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Alaska schools pay a price for the nation’s slowest internet, but change is coming

The Hechinger Report

Then, without missing a beat, she switched the smartboard display and launched into a multiple-choice quiz using a game-based online learning platform called Kahoot! Phase one was completed in 2017 and cost a reported $250 million. She scanned the responses flooding her screen and made a few mental notes.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “What You Need to Know About Race-Conscious Admissions in 2017.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. These 11 Cases Show How.”