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Collaboration for Personalized Learning

BYOT Network

It is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. Although it may seem unusual to connect collaboration to the practice of personalized learning, it is important to remember that students don’t learn within a vacuum. This post was written in collaboration with Douglas Konopelko.

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Are You a Critical Consumer?

A Principal's Reflections

In fact, I for one benefitted greatly as a principal when I learned about something shared on social media and then either implemented or adapted it in a way that bolstered the transformation efforts at my school. Going BYOD sounded like a great idea based on what I had either read or saw online. Case in point.

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6 steps to a successful BYOD program

eSchool News

Lenny Schad, chief technology information office at Houston Independent School District (HISD), has spearheaded a number of successful BYOD rollouts, and frequently distills advice to struggling districts. At HISD, for example, BYOD falls under PowerUp , a district-wide initiative aimed at transforming teaching and learning.

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Computing, Cost Savings and the Cloud: The Value of Virtualization

EdTech Magazine

Even amid the proliferation of mobile technology in K–12 schools through BYOD programs and one-to-one computing, desktop computers remain a popular choice. There are well-known cost savings with cloud solutions; for example, fewer servers and less hardware. Computing, Cost Savings and the Cloud: The Value of Virtualization.

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Collaboration for Personalized Learning

BYOT Network

It is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. Although it may seem unusual to connect collaboration to the practice of personalized learning, it is important to remember that students don’t learn within a vacuum. This post was written in collaboration with Doug Konopelko.

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Anniversary edition: Top 10 posts of the NEO Blog

Neo LMS

From well-known subjects of education technology, like BYOD and gamification, to technical aspects regarding school LMSs, to trying to guess the future, the NEO Blog covered it all in its rather short existence. It seems like the measurement of learning has somehow become more important than learning itself.

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4 Questions for 4 Edtech Thought Leaders

eSpark

On the content side, apps and sites that level to a student's ability and help a teacher personalize learning, as well as those sites that provide meaningful data for teachers to utilize will continue to make strides in the next wave of tools. As personalized learning is gaining momentum, how are teachers’ roles changing?

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