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Waterford Gets $20M+ Grant for Online Preschool. Its Critics Are Not Happy.

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Waterford’s grant, which Audacious executive director Anna Verghese says is worth more than $20 million, is just one of eight given to projects selected by the organization, and recently announced at this year’s annual TED conference in Vancouver.

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The CARE Framework

Iterating Toward Openness

We know that in parallel contexts, like open source software or Wikipedia, long-term sustainability can be possible with only a tiny fraction of all the beneficiaries of the open work contributing directly. The framework does more than propose a specific model for the long-term sustainability of the OER movement.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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” He has backed these initiatives financially; and he has backed the publications and conferences that promote these sorts of efforts. Education Week also reported in February that the State Educational Technology Directors Association had released a new website that offered guidelines on purchasing digital materials.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. K-12 market.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

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Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs.

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