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Modern Classrooms and Personalized Learning Are the Perfect Pair

EdTech Magazine

Mon, 07/02/2018 - 14:22. In a 2017 study by Blackboard and Project Tomorrow, 57 percent of teachers in blended learning environments said that technology has helped their students collaborate more with their peers, while 48 percent said that digital tools help students take greater ownership over their studies. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Computing, Cost Savings and the Cloud: The Value of Virtualization

EdTech Magazine

For now, about 48 percen t of the teachers and students who responded to a 2018 report about classroom technology from Cambridge International reported using a desktop computer in schools. The rate of desktop computer use was highest in the U.S., at 75 percent. The trend is a bit different outside of school: 85 percent of students in the U.S.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2018)

Hack Education

2018 was a year in which public school teachers all over the US rose up in protest over pay , working conditions, and funding , striking in red states like West Virginia , Kentucky, and Oklahoma despite an anti-union ruling by the Supreme Court. Unsaid: robots will just de-professionalize , outsource , or privatize the work.

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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Fast forward to 2018, how many schools in the world can actually say that they executed this? Many renowned names in the game, such as Blackboard and Google, are now offering their own cloud-based virtual classroom suites. Here is where the cloud comes in to save the day once more.

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A Small Liberal Arts School Becomes a Testing Ground for the ‘Facebook of Learning Management Systems’

Edsurge

I used maybe 10 percent of what you could do in Blackboard. Unlike many LMSs, which have built their own proprietary features, Notebowl includes integrations with other apps, especially ones from Google. Within the platform, professors can open a Google Hangout to hold office hours via video, for example.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

The Sakai Project, an effort to build a community-source learning-management system as an alternative to commercial systems like Blackboard, started with great fanfare and grant support in 2004—but its use has shrunk to less than 3 percent of the LMS market in North America in 2018, according to a report by e-Literate.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

Gray shared their uphill path to success at the 2018 T&L Phoenix Leadership Summit. They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses. Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ? Considering the student as a whole, she says, is key.

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