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ISTE 2017 Schedule #iste17

The CoolCatTeacher

ISTE 2017 starts this weekend. I’ll do my best to “bring it” for those of you who add me to your busy ISTE 2017 program. Monday, June 26, 2017. ISTE 2017 Expanded Schedule. Monday, June 26 2017 – 9:15 am – 10:15 am. Monday, June 26, 2017. Tuesday, June 27, 2017.

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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Edsurge

His tablet-run version of the game has the same goal: pick letters to figure out a mystery word. The tablet reads out each letter, building your association between the raised dots and the alphabet. The tablet reads out each letter, building your association between the raised dots and the alphabet.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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2017 NAEP: Exploring the “Homework Gap” in Math Performance

Doug Levin

Question: Does home access to a computer (or tablet) and the internet make a difference on the math performance of 4th and 8th grade students? This post will be the first in a series exploring specific questions in which I am interested. Take them as works in progress, story ideas, and subjects for further and deeper analysis.

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2017 NAEP: Exploring the “Homework Gap” in Math Performance

Doug Levin

Question: Does home access to a computer (or tablet) and the internet make a difference on the math performance of 4th and 8th grade students? This post will be the first in a series exploring specific questions in which I am interested. Take them as works in progress, story ideas, and subjects for further and deeper analysis.

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Research shows lower test scores for fourth graders who use tablets in schools

The Hechinger Report

A Reboot Foundation report finds a negative tie between the use of tablets in school and fourth-grade reading scores. For younger school children, the study found a negative tie between the use of tablets in school and fourth-grade reading scores. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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?Ohio State Will Give Incoming Students iPads. But Do Tablet Programs Work?

Edsurge

But do big tablet programs make sense nowadays? A smaller percentage own tablets. But they also document that there’s not a huge interest in using tablets more and more.” But they also document that there’s not a huge interest in using tablets more and more.” He references a study EDUCAUSE puts out every year.

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