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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Introducing Whitsby and Penny Reinart 00:00:31:38 – 00:01:01:45 Vicki Davis: Whitsby is a mobile-based PD platform.

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How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies

EdTech Magazine

When Neosho Junior High School teachers and students moved into a sleek, new campus last August, they said goodbye to traditional classrooms and hello to modern learning spaces that encourage mobility, collaboration and new ways of learning. Chromebooks, Wi-Fi and AV Equipment Enhance Learning . The new school in Neosho, Mo.,

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Microsoft’s Big Bett Updates: Free VR Curriculum and Using a Pencil as a Stylus

Edsurge

But there’s a method to the all new devices, features and curriculum updates, say company officials: to reinforce Microsoft’s position in the education market with tools that make learning more affordable and accessible. Some of the updates are fairly standard for a big technology company at a big tech expo—more devices and gadgets.

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K–12 Districts Prepare Students for Careers in the Tech-Dominated Economy

EdTech Magazine

Our schools provide internet access and offer year-round career and technology classes ,” Madden says. “We FUSD’s students have access to 65,000 Windows-based devices , mostly HP laptops and desktops. The ‘have-not’ students operate at a ­disadvantage, both in access and technology training.”.

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New generation of Chromebooks designed for millions of students and educators

eSchool News

[Editor’s Note: At Bett , one of the largest education technology conferences in the world, Google is announcing a new line of Chromebooks for education. At Bett this week we’re introducing a new generation of Chromebooks designed to adapt to the diverse ways students learn. More versatile Chromebooks.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. The system allows any organization to deliver live 360 4K video to viewers on computers and mobile devices. The program runs from May 2018-June 2019. Schools can join until September 2018.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

Edsurge

A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks. This means they know a K-12 where the promise of mobile 1:1 school computing is becoming a reality. Being connected, as is required to get iPads and Chromebooks up and running, is assumed. percent of new mobile computing device shipments in U.S.

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