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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

Technology can make this growing body of research accessible and practical so developers and educators can use it to truly support the full diversity of learners. Bridging the Digital Divide with Anytime/Anywhere. Bridging the Digital Divide with Anytime/Anywhere. Competency-based Learning In Your District.

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Blackboard launches New Learning Experience platform

eSchool News

Blackboard has launched a new K-12 platform for districts and schools that brings together institutions, parents, teachers, and learners in an integrated approach that addresses fundamental requirements for student success including school safety and security, family and community engagement and personalized competency-based learning.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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