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FETC 2023: Networking, Learning, and Celebrating Education

edWeb.net

By Lisa Schmucki , Founder and CEO, edWeb.net It was great to kick off conferences in 2023 by attending FETC in New Orleans. Wacom is the global leader in the pen display and tablet market for creative users. Sylvia was doing product development for Fortune 500 companies when she came up with the idea for StickTogether.

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Championing Students to be a Force for Good in Their Communities

Edsurge

Apply here by May 18 for the 2023 T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge. The Changemaker Challenge is a great opportunity for your company to be a positive force. Project 10Million provides at-risk families with a free mobile hotspot, free or highly subsidized data plans and access to at-cost laptops and tablets.

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Can Interactive Whiteboards Revitalize Online High-Dose Tutoring?

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However, as of 2023, the effectiveness of high-dose tutoring has gradually declined due to low student participation rates and skepticism from education authorities regarding the actual educational impact of online high-dose tutoring. There are apparent differences between educational and business whiteboards.

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Now is the time to plan for next year’s technology upgrades

eSchool News

In 2020, after the onset of the pandemic, the program was created to provide funding to schools and libraries to purchase eligible equipment and services for students and teachers who lack connected devices, including laptops, tablets, or even broadband access. Planning is essential to being able to continue providing reliable technology.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

Edsurge

billion by 2023. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. The company has invested in a partner rental program that should reach 400 titles in the second half of this year. It’s a coexistence.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

Here’s just a glimpse of what we learned about during FETC 2023: AVer Information Inc. The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations.

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Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years

The Hechinger Report

Wentworth, for example, will add combined four-year bachelor’s and master’s degrees in data science and cybersecurity analytics starting in the fall of 2023, the university says. It’s not a law or a commandment on the tablets. Yes, Kulinski said, that means they’ll take fewer courses, but they’ll cover more content per course.

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