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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

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Apps and software are a boon for special needs students, but teachers shouldn’t download whatever they feel like. All software—and hardware—should be vetted by a team of faculty and IT staff. In May 2018, in part due to broad-based support for Vision 2023 goals, the district passed its first millage referendum in over 30 years.

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Transitioning Edtech to the Cloud

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But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc. At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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