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Schools Need Robust Networks to Support Internet of Things

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SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! To prepare for IoT deployments, IT leaders should start by thoroughly assessing their existing network infrastructure. But will current K–12 networks be ready to carry the onslaught of additional traffic? How K–12 School Will Adopt IoT.

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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

A good program starts with a needs assessment, which is a way to figure out what teachers really need from their training. Online training for teachers is the perfect opportunity to also train them to use edtech and other online tools. White paper: Using NEO for professional development for teachers.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

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Today, a growing number of edtech companies are also signing on to use Caliper, which offers improved data architecture and ease of implementation. OpenEd published a new white paper and sample code at IMS showing how any edtech company can use Caliper to measure efficacy of these blended learning resources.).

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

A handful of other universities (and even preschools ) now accept Bitcoin for tuition, but that’s hardly the extent of how blockchains and tokens are weaving their way into education: Educators and edtech entrepreneurs are now testing out everything from issuing degrees on blockchains to paying people in cryptocurrency for their teaching.

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Impero Software Announces Philip Walters as its New Chairman

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Walters previously served as chair of GL Education, the leading provider of educational tests and assessments to UK schools; Rising Stars UK, the second largest primary school publisher in the UK; and Book Source, a UK-based book distributor. Founded in 2002, Impero software is now accessed by over 1.5 million devices in over 90 countries.

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To Leverage Tech in Writing Instruction, This Superintendent Channeled Justin Bieber

Edsurge

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice , edited by Kylene Beers, Robert E.

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Q&A: Rod Houpe Uses Evidence to Drive Change in Schools

EdTech Magazine

Houpe, along with colleagues Renee Patton, director of education for Cisco , and Sonny Magana, founder of consulting firm Magana Education , are part of Cisco’s K–12 Executive Council, a team of thought leaders who produced a white paper about organizational change as a driver of educational digital transformation.

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