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Flexible Furniture Gives Teachers and Students More Opportunities for Collaboration

EdTech Magazine

This is not an old-fashioned library: In the Sebastian River High School Media Center, food and drink are allowed. Officially opened in fall 2023, the new media center is a far cry from the old library space, which hadn’t been updated in 25 years. So is chatting with friends and playing video games.

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Crunch the Numbers: Real-Time EdTech Data You Can Use for December 2023

eSchool News

The “ Public Libraries and Book Bans – Parent Perception Survey ” gathered insights from 1,527 parents and guardians with children under 18 in two surveys during October and November 2023. We continue to be thrilled to see the vast majority of parents think that the public library is a safe place for their children.”

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15 Edtech items to include in your back-to-school checklist for teachers

Neo LMS

We need to update lists accordingly and include our edtech tasks. . 15 Edtech items to include in your back-to-school checklist for teachers. Here are fifteen items related to edtech that will help you organize your classes in no time: 1. You can even use rubrics created by your fellow teachers in your resource library.

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FETC 2023: Technology Opens the Door to New Innovations in K–12 Education

EdTech Magazine

The Future of Education Technology Conference invites administrators, IT leaders, educators, library media specialists and ed tech coaches to convene for four days of sharing and learning. This year’s conference, in New Orleans, will highlight how educational technology positively disrupted the past three years of learning.

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22 Classroom-Focused Resources on AI from Teachers Everywhere

The CoolCatTeacher

— Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) July 25, 2023 Scott McLeod started by sharing some teachers who are doing the work! Steve Dembo and Donnie Piercey — Scott McLeod (@mcleod) July 25, 2023 Steve Dembo, AI and Writing So, I recently sat down with Steve Dembo to talk about what he's doing in his classroom. Enough of the junk.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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BookmarkED Addresses the State of Challenged Books with Industry-First Technology to Enable Parental Choice in School Libraries

eSchool News

DALLAS, Texas – BookmarkED , the industry-first technology solution to personalize libraries with parental choice, has announced its official launch in Texas. Library book challenges are increasing across the US. Accessing state and nation-wide, real-time, factual data on challenged books in district libraries.