EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

You have access to a limited library of games.”. As recently as 2017, educational technology experts expressed frustration at the lack of options to market and distribute educational offerings. . “How “If a school adopts iPads, teachers can only use games that work with the Apple operating system. The same goes for Chromebooks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

But another print-based technology—the copy machine—is disappearing from many academic libraries, as librarians swap the old dime-eating machines for multi-function devices that scan texts and send copies to students via email. We have multi-function machines just about everywhere,” Russell says—eight in the main library alone. “We

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

We're excited to announce our second Library 2.020 mini-conference: " Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Our second Library 2.020 mini-conference: " Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join the Library 2.0 Please also join the Library 2.0 Steve Steve Hargadon Library 2.0

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

Photo credit: Library of Congress Despite these horrible conditions and the undeniable alienation that came with such unjust conditions, he fought boldly for his access to education. In 2017, Dr. Michael T. George McLaurin at University of Oklahoma (1948). He eventually took his case all the way to the Supreme Court and won.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Tomorrow is our second Library 2.020 mini-conference! Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

Kajeet’s Homework Gap Grant program provides the means for K-12 schools and districts, colleges and universities, and public libraries to connect students to safe, reliable internet outside of the classroom.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2017

— Brian Eller (@BrianrEller) September 28, 2017. — KC Connector Project (@KCconnector) September 27, 2017. — Dana Borrelli-Murray (@DBorrelliMurray) September 27, 2017. — Jess Falkenthal (@Jfalkenthal) September 26, 2017. — Aubrey Francisco (@aubreyfrancisco) September 27, 2017.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Our second Library 2.020 mini-conference is just one week away! Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 9, 2017

As a special bonus for registering (free) for the Library 2.017 Makerspaces mini-conference , you also can attend live and/or watch the recording of a special 90-minute live Webinar with the folks from Fayetteville Free Library on "STEAM and Making at the FFL." Please also join the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We've got lots of updated details on our third Library 2.018 mini-conference: "Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 14, 2018

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.018 mini-conference: "Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

We're getting close to our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). How can library and information science schools and professional development programs prepare library professionals?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

We're excited to announce our first of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please register as a member of the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Our third Library 2.023 mini-conference: " EDI 2.0: Individual Responsibility for Creating Belonging and Connection in the Library Profession ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, November 9th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0 Please also join the Library 2.0

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

But notes are still a gray area and the policies vary from school to school. In 2017, the company started building a place where they can share their own syllabi, presentations, lesson plans, test questions and other course materials with their peers. Users who upload class materials can access the full library for free.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Our third Library 2.023 mini-conference: " EDI 2.0: Individual Responsibility for Creating Belonging and Connection in the Library Profession ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, November 9th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0 Please also join the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 28, 2017

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29th, is our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). The list of scheduled presentations, plus keynote bios, are below! Abels , John Bertot , and Valerie J.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2023

million annual economic impact on southeast Iowa, according to a 2017 study conducted for the university by Hanover Research. Fifteen of the 20 most rural states cut their funding for public universities and colleges in the 10 years after the recession that began in 2008, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Jarret is the director of Policy and Government Relations at EDUCAUSE, and probably the world’s leading expert on what the end of net neutrality means for learning and campuses. A web page from the National Conference of State Legislatures about state net neutrality initiatives.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Between 2005 and 2017, U.S. Until you have to decide between a new curriculum or an additional teacher, an after-school program or a full-day kindergarten, or lunch for yourself or library books for your students, you can’t empathize with the realities that many educators face when school funding is insufficient.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

According to a recent report by the Department of Labor , over half (66.7%) of all of 2017’s high school cohort are currently enrolled in colleges or universities. Relentless publishing, in aid of building the university’s academic profile, puts enormous strain on college library and publication resources.

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techlearning

JUNE 24, 2018

The software has been updated to include a new mental health keyword library, google authentication, and improved scalability to support larger school districts, among other features. It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits.

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techlearning

MAY 10, 2018

Through the partnership, MHA will help Impero build its new keyword library, which contains terms specific to mental health issues. MHA will also help Impero further develop its keyword libraries relating to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. Impero works with partner organizations to develop the keyword libraries.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Perlego gives users access to a library of content, including digital textbooks. Perlego officially launched in January 2017, and raised almost $700,000 for its seed funding round last year. In July 2017, it sold 22 percent of its stake in Penguin Random House. The service has a premium version that costs about $20 a month.

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ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This CFP comes by way of Kirsti Cole, who with Holly Hassel has just published Surviving Sexism in Academia: Strategies for Feminist Leadership (Routledge, 2017).

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Jarret is the director of Policy and Government Relations at EDUCAUSE, and probably the world’s leading expert on what the end of net neutrality means for learning and campuses. A web page from the National Conference of State Legislatures about state net neutrality initiatives.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

From 2015 to 2017, she led the national partner engagement program at Enroll America, a nonprofit created to ensure that members of often-underserved communities were able to enroll for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Dr. Cathy Collins has worked as a library media and technology specialist for 23 years at the K-12 level.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon, Global Education Conference co-chairs, talk about the Global Education Conference 2017 that runs from November 13-16. Date: Friday, November 10, 2017. Go to globaleducationconference.com to join in. Today we talk about the conference, what people can expect from the conference and how to sign up.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

And thanks to an important change in government policy, life got easier after that: She didn’t have to pay. I’m still thinking about how I’m going to pay for that last year” after the benefit runs out, she said in Spanish, in a glass-walled conference room in the university’s busy library. The work paid off.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Instead, she had to check out a physical copy of the book from a library a city over from where she lives. “It He claims that he got no warning that his account would be closed, and speculates that it was closed because prior to Amazon changing its review policies, he would leave incentivized reviews for products from third-party sellers.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2017-18, the average cost of attendance at UW-Madison, including tuition, room and board and other expenses, was $5,445 for in-state freshmen coming from families making less than $30,000 a year. That’s what happened to Emmanuel Villagomez, a 2017 UW-Milwaukee graduate who left school owing $41,000. I wish I had money to give them.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

This staffing figure is through 2017, the most recent year available, and includes a 16 percent jump in the number of administrators and support personnel — a perennial target of critics — but also a 7 percent increase in the number of full-time faculty. percent from 2009 to 2017, a period during which the S&P 500 index gained 11.2

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

The only predominantly white college whose population in the fall of 2017 was at least a quarter black was Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. Enrollment dropped by more than 700 students between 2016 and 2017, and when Aviles arrived on campus that fall, he said he found “great anxiety” about the numbers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. billion has been committed for 2017. 50 per megabit in 2017, he says.) The FCC’s impact on education isn't limited to net neutrality, however.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. The SETDA mission is to build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice. Join the Community.

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Follow School District Policy Does your district have a technology and social media upolicy? I’m so proud that my district has had a “Responsible Use of Technology and Social Media Policy” since 2002 and has updated it every three years. No matter your school policy, the easiest answer is no. Should You Follow Students?

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