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Modern Classrooms and Personalized Learning Are the Perfect Pair

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Mon, 07/02/2018 - 14:22. Modern classrooms are open and flexible and have writable surfaces, modular furniture, one-to-one devices, hands-on learning with makerspace activities and robust broadband connectivity. Modern Classrooms and Personalized Learning Are the Perfect Pair. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Ryan Petersen.

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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

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But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Even when broadband is available, many students don’t have access at home. They’ve opened up their doors to their neighbors for their own broadband needs. He founded Esports Alaska in 2018 that had over 30 teams compete in its inaugural season.

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K–12's Digital Transformation Is Giving Libraries a Modern Makeover

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Thu, 11/08/2018 - 12:56. As such, modern libraries should be outfitted with robust broadband and plenty of places for students and educators to charge equipment. K–12's Digital Transformation Is Giving Libraries a Modern Makeover. eli.zimmerman_9856. Today’s school libraries are being reinvented. by David Andrade.

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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

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Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. Since our nation’s beginning, the farm has been a foundation of American society , but too often rural communities do not have broadband access or don’t have access to the digital skills needed on today’s modern farms,” Snapp wrote in a blog post. “As Google Offers Digital Skills Workshops and Coaches.

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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

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Welcome to NEO Blog 2018! And government policy-makers for the most part have stayed out of the economy’s way; it was not a civic issue whether or not you had the money to buy the latest PlayStation, or could afford to advertise your business on Google Ads. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue.

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A Sideways Look at the Future of Higher Education

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Newspaper circulation dropped by nearly half between 2005 and 2018, from 53.3 Consumers could place classified ads for free on sites such as Craigslist and advertisers could more efficiently reach their target audiences with digital advertising through Facebook or Google. million to 28.5 billion to $14.3 Many colleges are nonprofits.

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A Bootcamp Down Under: Trilogy Education Extends University Tech Training Globally

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As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. In May 2018, the company announced it had raised $50 million to expand to universities around the world.

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