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Top 10 K–12 Educational Technology Trends

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3 Wearable Technology —Wearable technology is an up-and-coming trend in edtech. Wearable technology covers a wide range of items—from assistive technology for students with disabilities to devices to encourage motivation and participation.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Field Elementary, where nearly one out of every five students is classified as having some sort of a disability, has actually managed to do this. This includes assistive technology devices.

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Educators Want More Mobile Technologies for Classroom Use, Better PD

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Mobile technologies in particular have the ability to resonate with and support the instruction of special education students, said Richard E. Ferdig, summit professor of learning technologies at the research center and a co-author of the report. “It can be used in a formal classroom or an informal setting or at home.”

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Why Teachers Are So Excited About the Power Of Sketchnoting

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She gives students lots of choices in how they want to do it — on a whiteboard, on a digital tablet, or with paper and pencils. She even has students who use assistive technology to write because their motor skills make handwriting very difficult, but they can sketch. I did have students complain about it,” Freedman said.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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The 1216BKBT Bluetooth Jackbox provides a cost-efficient way to stream audio from a smartphone, tablet or other Bluetooth-enabled device to six separate headphones. The bundles pair Wonder Workshop’s Cue, Dash and Dot robots with Acer Chromebooks, Chrome tablets, Window notebook PCs and Android tablets.

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