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Not Just Classroom Supplies: Teachers Also Buy Edtech With Their Own Money

Edsurge

Recent studies by Deloitte and the Gates Foundation have shed light into how educators engage with edtech. And about 70 percent of students say that they use edtech tools outside of schools on a weekly basis. Those numbers suggest edtech is steadily marching into schools and classrooms.

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9 Steps for Choosing a Device

Tom Murray

However, school leaders should press providers on research, evidence, and case studies where the device choice and implementation lead to positive student outcomes. Assess and understand current infrastructure and broadband capabilities. Pilot, test, and evaluate, soliciting teacher and student feedback throughout the process.

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Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

edWeb.net

At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself. They researched trophy designs, used software to create the trophies, and printed them on the 3D printer. She used the school’s design software and vinyl cutter to develop and print her stickers.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

I grant there is something to these arguments (though often much less than it seems from the press releases and sponsored case studies). appeared first on Doug Levin | EdTech Strategies. The post Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Tagged on: September 14, 2017 Software is a Long Con | emptywheel → Quinn Norton writes: "Computer systems are poorly built, badly maintained, and often locked in a maze of vendor contracts and outdated spaghetti code that amounts to a death spiral.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Tagged on: September 14, 2017 Software is a Long Con | emptywheel → Quinn Norton writes: "Computer systems are poorly built, badly maintained, and often locked in a maze of vendor contracts and outdated spaghetti code that amounts to a death spiral.

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