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Schools Need Robust Networks to Support Internet of Things

EdTech Magazine

Similar to the rise of mobility and one-to-one computing programs, IoT will undoubtedly impact IT infrastructure. To prepare for IoT deployments, IT leaders should start by thoroughly assessing their existing network infrastructure.

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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. This can be as complicated as following a new curriculum, or as simple as giving feedback on new assessments. White paper: Using NEO for professional development for teachers.

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XPRIZE: The Real Winners? Underserved Adult Learners

Digital Promise

This translates to limited upward mobility for them and their children; children of parents with low literacy skills have a 72 percent chance of being at the lowest reading levels themselves, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), which diminishes the worker pipeline for the future.

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Caring and Curriculum Can Prompt School-Wide Change

Edsurge

When she became principal in 2011, the Title I school had a 40 percent mobility rate, attendance rates were low and less than a third of students were meeting state standards. So in 2012, we needed a resource that teachers could use to better prepare students in third, fourth and fifth grades for state assessments. White Papers.

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100+ Great Google Classroom Resources for Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment. Online Assessment with Google Forms – this document gives walk throughs for Flubaroo and other tools to help you assess using Google Forms. Flubaroo – help for grading online assessments. 10 Tools for Assessment for Google Apps on the iPad. Classroom Mobile App for Android and iOS.

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

In 2014, ALA Washington’s Office for Information and Technology Policy (OITP) developed a helpful white paper to examine CIPA’s decade-long impact, Fencing Out Knowledge t h a t d e l i n e a t e d f o u r recommendations t o ALA: Increase awareness of the spectrum of filtering choices.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

Edsurge

In addition to assessing students’ grades and essays, admissions officers have long looked to the SAT and ACT to help them decide who will make it in their campus settings, and beyond. Admissions With Algorithms One of those ways may be through mobile games. But this play has a purpose. Colleges outside the U.S.

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