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3 educational technology tools to be thankful for

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Now is also a time to reflect on what educational technology tools U.S. These devices and the included applications like Google Docs support collaborative learning. Broadband improvements. trillion in American Internet infrastructure have helped to improve broadband speed by 660 times since 2002. Chromebooks.

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Virtual Classrooms and VR Help Schools Get Qualified Teachers

EdTech Magazine

Thankfully, technologies such as virtual reality and collaboration software can assist with the training and recruiting of better teachers. Recruiting talented teachers there, however, is no longer an issue thanks to videoconferencing technology. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

Edsurge

education technology agenda. Much work remains to be done to realize the full potential of education technology. only to discover that there wasn’t adequate broadband to execute the lesson. The President just called and is asking for advice on shaping the U.S. What do you say?

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What's Happened in North Carolina With Statewide Support for Digital Learning

Edsurge

And as the Haw burbled in the background last Friday and Saturday, school administrators, teachers and edtech entrepreneurs gathered for thoughtful conversations and exchanges around how to use digital technology to support learning at the 30th EdSurge Tech for Schools Summit. Technology works when leadership works.

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For two states, the digital transition requires an overhaul of the process

edWeb.net

And we also were not looking at bringing in technology in any type of meaningful way.” In fact, Harte added, Florida now provides “flexibility in the use of up to $165 million of instructional materials funds for the purchase of electronic devices and technology equipment and infrastructure.”

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

Hack Education

This year, the Horizon Report’s Higher Education Edition does include graphics with some historical data, demonstrating how some technologies and topics appear and reappear and how some simply disappear altogether from the horizon. Adaptive Learning Technologies. Mobile Learning. Click for full-size.