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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

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At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.

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To Prepare Kids for Their Futures, Incorporate Technology Into Core Curriculum

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Your school just invested in a new set of Chromebooks or iPads. Even in districts without 1:1 devices, digital content can be used to provide context for academic standards and spark classroom discussion and inquiry. Districts should look to solutions that streamline peer feedback, classroom polls, and flexible groupings.

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Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech

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Another recent survey found that, on average, districts saw more than 700 different edtech products used each month during the last school year. In early 2016, it launched Co-Pilot to give schools free 30-day trials of edtech software built by other companies. Meanwhile, the number of tools in classrooms today has ballooned.

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Apple’s Strongest Case to Reclaim the Education Market Is Not the New iPad

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Such features, he claimed, made the device more powerful than any laptop or Chromebook. That’s a not-so-subtle dig at Apple’s competitors—and the first time that the company called out Chromebooks at a keynote event. That cost is still steeper than Chromebooks, which start at $179. The cost: $329.)

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

eSpark

At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. This piece originally ran on Edsurge.

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

eSpark

At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. This piece originally ran on Edsurge.

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What’s New

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Combined, Faria and Rubicon will serve over 10,000 schools in 130 countries with curriculum support for over 600 academic standards. QwertyTown is One Roster compatible and has partnered with Clever to offer Auto Sync, Google SSO, sign-in with badges, Chromebook auto login and more.