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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

Edsurge

This collaboration occurs in person and asynchronously, with teachers, students and leaders collaborating through Microsoft Teams. Through a partnership between Fresno’s PLI team, Microsoft and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the PLI has gone further by incorporating learning analytics for an improvement approach to the work.

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In the marketplace: Science achievement skyrockets, makerspaces expand, and more

eSchool News

Shmoop introduced a new service through which experts will read a student’s college application essay and provide detailed feedback and overall suggestions. All the student has to do is subscribe to Shmoop’s 12-month student plan between November 1, 2016 and January 15, 2017, and then email their essay to Shmoop HQ.

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8 Trends in Education Technology That Will Have A Major Impact

Kitaboo on EdTech

Creating interaction and engagement has become a priority for many schools and universities. This style of learning has seen a growth in recent years for its ability to keep students engaged in the classrooms. Data Management & Analytics. Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Looking ahead, a renewed focus on energy will take place in 2017.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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