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The Edtech Buying Process Is Broken. ISTE Says Teachers Can Fix It.

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At North Carolina’s Rowan-Salisbury Schools, a room in the central office showcases 3D printers, virtual reality headsets and a variety of iPad apps. As a result, districts today are using an average of 548 edtech apps per month. “It Does it meet students’ needs, or is it just really cool?”

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NTT Docomo and Jamf, empower ICT education in Japan with cellular iPad devices

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Manabu Inui from NTT DOCOMO, joined us at JNUC to share a case study on the ICT education in Japan with cellular iPad devices by NTT DOCOMO managed by Jamf.

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Better Edtech Budgeting: How Yuma Elementary District Makes The Most of Its Money

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This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. To the other 13 school/district case studies, click here. million went to iPads, teacher iPad-minis, and 300 Apple TVs, while $400,000 went to more infrastructure improvements. Out of the portion of the bond ($4.5

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Blended Learning Models Reduce Class Sizes

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A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015.

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Blended Learning Models Reduce Class Sizes

eSpark

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015.

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Why Single Sign-On Has Teachers Cheering

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Can you imagine an edtech tool so supportive and effective teachers cheer when it arrives? Her extensive experience and many stellar accomplishments in edtech are staggering; just reading her LinkedIn profile will exhaust you. Students open their laptop or iPad and they immediately know what to do.

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Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy

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This post first appeared on EdTech Researcher. They use a rigorous curriculum based on the Harvard Business School case method to create whole school change through School Leader and Teacher Leader learning and development. Next, I formed a dozen arguments for why I should be allowed to use my iPad.