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K–12 Schools Share Their Journeys to Freedom, Connection With Wi-Fi 6

EdTech Magazine

It wasn’t long after students and teachers fully returned to classrooms at Clovis Municipal School District in New Mexico in fall 2020 that Eric Wimbish began to hear complaints about the Wi-Fi. Prior to COVID-19, the district equipped each student with a Chromebook, but their use was… It wasn’t always that way.

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Level Up Your Virtual Teaching with Screencasting Tools!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Screencast-o-matic is a web tool to screencast your computer or Chromebook screen and add narration. Seesaw (web, iOS, Android, Chromebook, and Kindle Fire) is a digital portfolio platform and virtual learning environment designed for educators and students.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook. Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today?

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K–12 Schools Share Their Wi-Fi 6 Journeys to Freedom, Connection With Wi-Fi 6

EdTech Magazine

It wasn’t long after students and teachers fully returned to classrooms at Clovis Municipal School District in New Mexico in fall 2020 that Eric Wimbish began to hear complaints about the Wi-Fi. Prior to COVID-19, the district equipped each student with a Chromebook, but their use was… It wasn’t always that way.

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Tips, Tools and Resources for Awesome Student Video Projects

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Students can edit videos with Open Shot , ClipChamp , WeVideo (recommended for Chromebooks), iMovie, Splice app (iOS), and VidEditor (Android). Students enjoy producing their own videos. In my books find lesson plans, handouts and rubrics for creating video projects.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

eSchool News

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Renaissance displayed its literacy solutions.

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Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

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Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms. A recent study by the University of Pennsylvania, only 30 percent of edtech licenses are actually used. Will edtech be caught up in a backlash against ‘big tech’ over data privacy?

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