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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS). 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

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OER and you. The curation mandate

NeverEndingSearch

The Twiter feed shows the buzz around the trending event and it shows school librarians were at the table. Among the featured platforms and developments: Microsoft is planning an app to help teachers and students find rated OER from within any learning management system. and Mary Reiman (NE).

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AV that Makes the Grade

techlearning

What are the AV trends that can help teachers draw insights from learners today and tomorrow? Here is a sample of case studies that illustrate how AV can turn K-12 spaces into student-driven hubs. Learners can simultaneously touch the screen with virtually no delay in response. The 4,000 lumen Optoma ZH420UST laser projector.

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. This is part three of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. ” (But who knows what shape tech investment will take under a President Trump.).