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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

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only to discover that there wasn’t adequate broadband to execute the lesson. Teachers need the time and space to learn and share best practices around technology integration, especially amidst the sea of change of Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and ever increasing demands on schools.

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Learning Revolution Week's Events - Evernote in the Classroom - Yong Zhao - Google+ vs. Ning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Learn about free, research-based curriculum and resources to help teach students safe, responsible, and respectful participants in a digital world, while fostering 21st-century skills and Common Core Standards. First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them.

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The Business of Education Technology

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I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year. Some of these areas that are popular for investment do coincide with the popular narratives about “the future of education” – “everyone should learn to code,” for example.

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The Politics of Education Technology

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It also treats “ed-tech” primarily as a product built by engineers, not for example, constructed through the practices of educators or students themselves – problems with education are, in this framework, engineering problems. The Common Core. What will happen to encryption , for example?