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Why K–12 Districts Should Use HCI to Improve Their Data Centers

EdTech Magazine

Why K–12 Districts Should Use HCI to Improve Their Data Centers. K–12 schools need powerful data centers now more than ever as their infrastructures feel the increasing weight of new technology integrations, data analytics initiatives and the rising number of personalized devices. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 01/31/2019 - 09:42.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. This annual event aims to accelerate the development and adoption of data standards that allow technologies used in schools to “talk” to one another.

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‘Guided play’ benefits kids—but what does that look like for parents?

The Hechinger Report

In school, a teacher would prepare the environment and then give children the agency within that environment and the [help] needed to meet the learning goal. With that interaction, children have agency and freedom to explore and discover things on the way to meeting learning goals. What is your biggest takeaway from this survey data?

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Trade Shows: When to Go and What to Do When You Get There

edWeb.net

Attending trade shows seems like an absolute must for educational publishers; the cost, personnel, and logistics can be obstacles for even the larger companies. First, since no company can attend every event, staff should meet to discuss event strategy every year ahead of trade show season.

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Q&A: Rod Houpe Uses Evidence to Drive Change in Schools

EdTech Magazine

Houpe, along with colleagues Renee Patton, director of education for Cisco , and Sonny Magana, founder of consulting firm Magana Education , are part of Cisco’s K–12 Executive Council, a team of thought leaders who produced a white paper about organizational change as a driver of educational digital transformation.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

Edsurge

Of course, test scores are just one piece of data colleges turn to when predicting which students are likely to excel in rigorous courses, enrich campus life with a unique perspective, graduate in four years, or even help balance the books with a large tuition check. Enter the algorithms. Student success' is a slippery concept.

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Not Another Dashboard: K-12 Interoperability Efforts Aim to Inform (Not Just Report)

Edsurge

Data interoperability should be invisible. These conveniences, which we often take for granted, require data to pass through different systems and servers. In education, however, data interoperability between applications is sometimes missing. The demand wasn’t always there. No’ is no longer an appropriate answer.

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