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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. on April 10, 2020.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

CDI COMPUTER DEALERS CHROMEBOOK TRADE-IN PROGRAM ( cdicomputers.com ) CDI Computer Dealers has launched a Chromebook Trade-In Program that provides a hassle-free, environmentally-friendly way for schools to dispose of their aging Chromebooks and obtain a free two-year premium extended warranty on the new ones purchased from CDI.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” They haven’t.). But new technology hasn’t made it easy.

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