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

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K–12's Digital Transformation Is Giving Libraries a Modern Makeover. Thu, 11/08/2018 - 12:56. Today’s school libraries are being reinvented. No longer just a haven for dusty books and stern shushes, the library is now a place for digital resources and makerspaces and flexible learning. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Tech That Won’t Survive 2018

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Let’s see which ones won’t make it in 2018. Today, smartphones and tablets are cheaper than ever; moreover, their prices are going to decrease which means that desktop computers, as well as computer labs, are about to become extinct in schools. Desktop Computers. The same thing will happen to laptops. On-Premise Software. Conclusion.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. 5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces.

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The 5-Year, $15 Million Global Learning XPRIZE Competition Is Over. Here’s Who Won.

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Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently. The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading. million in investment capital, most recently from a $4 million round in April 2018. To date, Enuma raised $9.5

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At the Top of Teachers’ Wish Lists? Tactile STEM Projects, Flexible Furniture and Books

Edsurge

In 2018, it reached classrooms in 52,000 schools, or nearly half of all public schools in the U.S. The STEM-related projects on DonorsChoose—which made up 13 percent of all requests in 2018, up from 10 percent in 2016—continue to shape and expand what it means to learn computer science, Rosen adds.

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Print or Digital Textbooks? What’s the Low-down?

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It started with a push for desktop computers which soon expanded to iPads and the wonderful apps (like art programs) that made tablets essential tools. Today’s focus is to give every student a digital device, much as kids used to be provided tablets and pencils. Tech That Won’t Survive 2018. More on changes in education.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Technology, and especially the internet and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, has become ubiquitous in our daily lives and affordable even to our public schools. school and library to the internet. Over the past two decades, the FCC through its E-Rate program has connected just about every U.S.