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CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns

EdTech Magazine

Those were among the 10 key findings highlighted in the Consortium for School Networking’s fourth K–12 IT Leadership Survey Report , which was released on Monday in conjunction with the opening of CoSN’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The survey also highlighted the different paths men and women take to IT leadership.

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ICE 2019: Physical Arrangement Sets the Tone for K–12 Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

The skills we are teaching are way more than just the Common Core. She is a long time reporter, writer and editor, with extensive experience in features, corporate communications, trade publications and content marketing. We are in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution,” Brown said. It is not working in rows anymore.”.

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Google, Lemann Foundation Invest $6.4M to Deliver Lessons to Brazilian Teachers’ Phones

Edsurge

The content will be based on the goals laid in the National Common Curricular Base (the Brazilian equivalent to the Common Core standards in the United States), which aims to guide the skills and abilities that every Brazilian student should be taught in order to succeed in the 21st century.

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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

Ask a Tech Teacher

Technology–be it phones, scanners, your house’s water meter, your child’s online report cards, the Smart TV you just purchased–fails often and will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. It doesn’t stop with the teacher, either. I have three ideas: Prepare for it. I’m not fatalistic.

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Kids news round-up

NeverEndingSearch

Many of the articles are accompanied by a Common Core-aligned quiz designed to check for student understanding, to prompt critical thinking and to provide teachers with immediate feedback. News for Your Classroom : is Scholastic’s free daily magazine complete with kid reporters, video highlights and an archive.

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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

MindShift

Reader Pants,” reports a 36% increase after she genrefied a middle school library in Fort Worth, Texas in 2011. The team of librarians at New York City’s Ethical Culture Fieldston School also reported “dramatic increases in circulation” in a School Library Journal article entitled “Are Dewey’s Days Numbered?”. Transportation?

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. Check out this wonderful magazine for some great K12 educational articles, I will be presenting at Alan November’s BLC in Boston in July. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core.