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?Expanding Access to Edtech Isn’t Enough. We Need to Make Sure It Works, Too

Edsurge

The New Schools Venture Fund estimates that K-12 schools collectively spend about $9 billion per year on instructional software, digital assessments, laptops and tablets for students and teachers. But how do these leaders know whether their investments will lead to the student learning outcomes they desire? Static state budgets.

EdTech 60
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What Makes Professional Development Work?

edWeb.net

Professional development defined as one-hit wonders with hour-long speaker presentations and all-day workshops leaves teachers unequipped to implement best practices and personalized learning opportunities for their students. Before 2gnoMe, Ilya led several technology start-ups and managed the global cloud program at Dell Software.

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Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?

The Hechinger Report

But what else was she learning in this maker space? With scarcely a month left in the school year, why was it worth spending time making videos rather than covering the next academic standard? During a break from her stop-motion work, Bechtel rattled off the “maker elements” she had used while creating her video.