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How SBG Led Us to Empower: The Tyranny of 82% (Part 1 of 2)

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

I have often talked in Edtech Elixirs how digital tools should help us serve an academic objective. A few years ago in Shelby, our teachers asked for something better -- not only in an online gradebook, but in a learning management system (LMS) that had SBG as its centerpiece. It is a "one stop shop" of LMS needs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children. SHOW LINK BIO: Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, blogger and teacher. Show starting date: Already ongoing!

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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

Focus: EdTech Access and Advocacy. Focus: Digital Learning Advocacy and Research. Structure: Professional Association. Level: K12. CoSN positions itself as the only national professional association dedicated exclusively to education technology leaders working to transform learning. Reach: World-wide. Focus: STEM. Level: K12.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

D2L EMERALD RELEASE ( www.D2L.com ) D2L launches its Emerald Release — the newest version of its Brightspace LMS — which provides a social, mobile-friendly teaching and learning experience for people around the world. published a new report which addresses latest trends in EdTech in the U.S. K-12 market.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners. Ally is designed to integrate with a school district’s existing LMS and automatically runs class materials through an accessibility checklist that looks for common accessibility issues.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A Techcrunch op-ed : “Why edtech can’t grow as much as healthtech.” ” From the EdTech Researcher blog : “ Project Based Learning as Mindset.” iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. ” Definitely no one I trust more on this topic, no siree.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” ” “We Shut Down Our Edtech Startup. From Phil Hill : “Update on UC Davis LMS Fiasco: Finishing the term with two partial systems.”