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Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District Supports Innovative Teaching and Learning with New EdTech Resources 

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Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

Join the conversation about new directions for public education in the digital age with the hashtag #EdTechContract on Twitter. The articulation of academic standards for students by elected and appointed public school officials is nothing less than an expression of community values and collective future vision for the country.

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Tomorrow’s New Normal: What It Means for Professional Development

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Both districts agreed the pandemic forced everyone to jump headfirst into edtech, whether or not the capacity was there. She is a contributor to state and local academic standards and teaching exemplars that help create high learning expectations and opportunities for all students.

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The Bare Minimum Of Technology Integration

TeachThought - Learn better.

Though many teachers remain against reckless #edtech integration, the conversation is clearly shifting from should technology play a central role in the learning process to how should technology be used to promote learning? What might be considered a kind of basic standard for education technology in 2016. Socioeconomic status?

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How Technology Should Have Already Changed Your Teaching

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But deep integration of technology–real at-the-marrow fusion of learning model, curriculum, and #edtech? 10 Ways Technology Has Changed Education: The Iconic Actions #edtech Should Disrupt. Yes, you’ve got a pile of academic standards that have to be mastered. No texting, twitter, etc. Giving letter grades.

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Change The Conversation–It’s Not About The Thinking

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Content-based academic standards. Let’s pretend for a moment that we will eventually be able to design a system of teaching and learning where every single student will be able to master every single academic standard their local government has set out for them. Snark on twitter. by Terry Heick. Use of data.

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Magic of the Everyday: Southern CA Educators Share 10 Best Teaching, Technology Practices

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First Comes Plans, Then Comes (Effective) PD Stephanie Avera, secondary TOSA, and John Morgan, Director of EdTech, of Capistrano Unified School District decided it was time to rethink technology PD. The EdTech team at Valverde Unified School District put on a student STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) showcase.