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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. ” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance.

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CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns

EdTech Magazine

More than half of women come to their IT role with an academic background in education and instruction , compared with a third of men, who come from a background in technology,” says Steve Langford, CoSN Board member and CIO of Beaverton School District in Oregon. Others plan to use grants or reduce their technology purchases.

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Welcome to Social Studies: Barefoot World Atlas

SpeechTechie

As a companion to my column for the ASHA Leader App-Titude series, "Welcome to Science Class," this series explores how technology can serve as a context for teaching "language underpinnings" related to the social studies curriculum. is clearly I-Interactive, provides great V-Visuals, and is E-Educationally Relevant as described above.

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Discover Ways to Drive Safe Google Apps Adoption in Your School

Gaggle Speaks

The launch of Google Classroom along with changes to E-Rate funding have led school districts, perhaps more than ever, to consider a move to Google Apps for Education. ” In addition to ideas on how to get started, the hour-long webcast covered 12 different ways to drive Google Apps for Education (GAFE) adoption.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

Pearson has been criticized for everything from its deployment of curriculum in districts’ 1-to-1 technology programs to the prominent role it plays in high-stakes testing. Technology is not a panacea, it’s just a tool, and its primary value is in enhancing the power of teaching to reach more people.

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Allsides: Curating diverse perspectives (or looking at news from most sides now)

NeverEndingSearch

Though I just discovered it, the news aggregator AllSides has been around for around four years as a platform that curates and uses crowd-sourcing technology to identify perspective in news stories. The see news ratings for each story and can filter for perspective and trace a story back in time. The AllSides Bias Rating , reflects.

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LitWeaver: the very model of a new age lit anthology

NeverEndingSearch

The free, digital and happily diverse anthology curates and shares e-books, authors, and reader’s guides. Users can set up shelves, print and rate and comment on their readings. We see LitWeaver as a transition from print to e-reading. We think of access first and technology second. Will Weaver. Naomi Shihab Nye.

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