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How We Empowered and Engaged Latino Parents—by Building a Tech Community

Edsurge

Initially, it seemed like a fairly easy proposition: We would just pick a date and invite parents to show up and we could talk to them about technology use, communications and what our one-to-one Chromebook distribution meant for their family. After publicizing the event, we needed to focus on basic logistics.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. This could be through lessons on internet safety , exercises in evaluating online sources , or discussions about the impact of digital footprints.

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Observing a 1:1 School

EdTechnocation.com

Each student in the 7th grade is given a Chromebook and a school issued Google Apps for Education account. In Social Studies, students created their own Google Slide presentation and a handful of students presented a current event they found in the news a few days prior. They then added it to a shared folder with the teacher.

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