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The Features And Benefits Of The XP-Pen Drawing Tablet In The Classroom

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Many schools have proceeded through various stages of student tech, from BYOD (‘Bring Your Own Devices’) to iPads, to Chromebooks. Thankfully, there are technology companies offering more niche educational tools to insert some flexibility, spontaneity, and creativity into the blended learning environment.

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3 Things for School Leaders to Consider During the Transition to Distance Learning

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Create a newsletter through a tool like Smore , Microsoft Sway , etc. While there are internet companies that have stepped up to offer free wifi, we can’t assume that it will reach everyone we need it to. . that will provide updates to your staff. You may have to send out physical newsletters home through the mail to your staff.

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The foresight saga

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Dave Coplin, chief envisioning office at Microsoft (every company should have one) was even safer in his predictions, suggesting that 2013 will be about mobiles, data and trust. He reckons that many companies will move away from BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) to CYOD (Choose Your. That's if you have any friends left.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. has joined the ENA family of companies.

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Being ‘The Guide on the Side’ is not Enough. Become The COO.

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In the last five years of being the COO of the classroom, my students have remodeled their entire classroom , completed yearlong passion projects , turned a profit running real businesses , and worked with companies like Slack, Google, Microsoft, and Skype. Until Next Time, Here’s to a hundred more. Read more at Teched Up Teacher.

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We need to rethink university IT Services

Mark Smithers

They don’t have any at the moment unless they BYOD (bring your own device). Even a simple thing like enforcing a university branded desktop wall paper and screensaver will annoy most academic staff and yet some brand manager will have insisted on it because that’s how it worked at the insurance company they were at last.

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CrazyIdeas.Doc

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My favorite company to come out of Start Up Bus was Course Align. I’ve been lucky where my kids have partnered with Google, Microsoft, Skype, Slack, and many other national and local businesses and experts. Start Up Bus is a hackathon where people meet for the first time on a bus that is headed to a pitchfest.