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TCEA 2011 Legislative Update Advocacy Panel

EdTechSandyK

Shakespeare is free if you have an iPad. Having hardware and software that helps effectively diagnose student need and place them in learning materials that they need is critically important. The killer app that moved home technology adoption from less than 50% to over 75% in the 90''s was email. came about as a result. What device?

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

based education advocacy group. “It That effort began by having Vancouver’s librarians get trained in new software purchased by the district, so that they could train their school colleagues in turn. Teacher-librarians such as Chun have since expanded that tech-integration role. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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A letter of support

NeverEndingSearch

These new collections support new literacies and leverage the new bounty of open educational resources (OER) supported by the White House’s #GoOpen initiative, as well as streamed media, and software for creating and sharing powerful, effectively, ethically produced digital stories. We curate new forms of digital texts.

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Boys Will Be Boys

Reading By Example

My son, listening to an audiobook on our iPad. Another idea is to allow students to dictate their writing using voice recognition software. In addition, changing how school looks and feels for males can be a significant adjustment for teachers. This could lead to a more robust performance task for a unit of study.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

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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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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Spotlight swings to for-profit middlemen that may be driving up the cost of online higher education

The Hechinger Report

In the suit, the employees claimed representatives from the company would push students to sign up for courses by offering free iPads and textbooks. GMU is one of a number of schools across the country that have faced challenges from faculty advocacy groups over these partnerships.

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