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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

.” Get ready to discover innovative strategies for integrating technology into early education, building Student Agency, and why your professional learning network can be a game-changer for your teaching career. A lot of what I see is for secondary school. So tell us a little bit about your journey.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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The newest voices in that choir come from Bill and Melinda Gates, who declared that “ textbooks are becoming obsolete ” in their 2019 annual letter. Even as many traditional textbook providers are transitioning to digital formats, paper and ink have proved stubbornly resilient. Not so fast, say education publishers and retailers.

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COVID-19 Forces Science Labs Online and in Homes

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It just so happened that a group of about 50 biology students were testing products from Hands-On Labs, a company that offers at-home lab kits coupled with online instruction and assessments. The marketplace is home physical lab kits, digital substitutes and other products that mix both mediums. Based in Englewood, Colo.,

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Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

EdNews Daily

The key difference in the past few years, however, has been larger funding rounds and valuations across a fewer number of EdTech companies. This distorts the total private placement numbers we see since the well-funded companies completing the larger private placements pre-IPO comprise a large portion of the overall deal volume.

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

eSchool News

As part of the partnership with the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund, and for the first time ever, Discovery Education will collaborate with local organizations in Lebanon to provide access to high-quality digital learning resources aligned to the Lebanese curriculum for students in Grade 8 – 12.

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The Chilean Ministry of Education Launches New Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting Presidential EdTech Initiative

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-New Collaboration Introduces Unique Combination of Dynamic Digital Content and Targeted Professional Learning to Chilean Schools- Silver Spring, Md. Inspired by the global media company Discovery Inc., million educators and over 50 million students, Discovery Education’s services are available in approximately half of U.S.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

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A Foundation of Research You wouldn’t necessarily know it from the pandemic-era panic, but online education for elementary and secondary schools is not new. For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.” and Pearson, reports the Snapshot 2020 annual report from the Digital Learning Collaborative.

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