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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success.

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How to Boost Classroom Engagement With the Tech Tool That 'Always Works'

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When she became the district’s first educational technology director in 2017, Briana Allen looked for a better solution. EdSurge: How has Vivi affected teacher mobility? And teacher mobility definitely encourages students to pay more attention to the learning and instruction that’s going on. Briana Allen: It's had a huge impact.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

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The State appropriations per full-time student have fallen from an inflation-adjusted $8,489 in 2007 to $7,642 in 2017. The overall state funding for public two- and four-year colleges in the 2017 school year was nearly $9 billion below its 2008 level, after adjusting for inflation. These are basically free. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

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Top Hat Buys Canadian Textbook Business to Compete With Publishers in Digital Courseware

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Top Hat got its start in the “clicker” business, offering a web-based and mobile classroom response tool that lets instructors gauge whether students understood the lesson (or paid attention). The company acquired the K-12 publishing business of McGraw-Hill Ryerson in 2017.

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2017 Global Education Conference - 39 Live Sessions on Tuesday, Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

- Glynnis Moore 9:00 am Global Students Global Perspectives - Amazing Race Project - Laurie Clement Self Identity and Global Connection - Erin Dowd 10:00 am KEYNOTE: Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Senior Fellow of Global Competence, ASCD 11:00 am Bringing learning BACK INTO the classroom - Liu Yijie Kids @SOS Children Village Going Global with iEARN and Mathletics (..)

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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This edWebinar was hosted by SETDA and sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) , Kajeet , Mobile Beacon , and Parana River Group. Kajeet , the industry leader for safe, managed mobile solutions, powers the K-12 connected environment. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. This article was modified and published by EdScoop.

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

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Winners will be notified in early September and announced at OLC Accelerate 2017 , which takes place in Orlando, November 15–17.) The awards focus on underrepresented students because college remains our country’s greatest driver of socioeconomic mobility,” Barajas-Murphy says. The deadline for. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards.

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