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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Many of our teachers have been using the free version of a literacy platform that uses non-fiction articles to engage students in age-appropriate, differentiated content. And the programs don’t come with the kind of data our teachers want for the competency-based learning approach we’re taking.

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What Happens When Students Work at Their Own Pace

Educator Innovator

Schools wanting to adopt competency-based learning may have a challenging time doing so due to inconsistent policies nationwide and very few models to follow. Students take computer programming, robotics, and foreign language courses that, until recently, weren’t offered.” ” By Jason Tomassini.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. are still available, along with additional reports to measure reading habits, word count, project involvement, news article consumption, and more.

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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.) But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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