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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning Jessie Woolley-Wilson (CEO, DreamBox Learning): In the past, educators were focused on how to get more devices in the classroom. Open digital badges. What problems have we solved—and what new ones have we created? Certain interoperability efforts.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

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Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs. A lot of schools get upfront money from a source, like a grant, but how are they going to sustain the program?

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WHAT’S NEW

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BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. It also features easy tutorials for rich and complex STEM projects and teaches users how to set up their 3D printers.

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Can Micro-credentials Create More Meaningful Professional Development For Teachers?

MindShift

For the past several years the district has been focused on personalizing learning for its students by introducing more choice into classrooms, using blended learning strategies and offering multi-age classrooms. They are considering peer reviews by teachers from other districts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow has been in trouble with Ohio about how it reports attendance. Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Excelsior College and publisher Cengage Learning on Tuesday said they would partner to create self-paced online degree programs to give students an alternative pathway to college credit.” Clair Smith.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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