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How This Company Gives Voice — and Value — to Virtual Collaboration

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These VoiceThreads, as they are called, include images, video, and documents, and they provide the opportunity for teams of people to annotate using drawing tools, voice comments, written comments or video responses. VoiceThread is a cloud-based media tool that allows users to collaborate on and communicate around media presentations.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

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According to the document, local leaders “should be a part of any planning for an outbreak and should request a bargaining session with your employer to discuss readiness. There are efforts to collect and share offerings from companies that want to help impacted schools. You are entitled to know everything about the district’s plans.”

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Why I Believed Edtech Could Save My School — and How It Failed Me

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Chat messages were not able to mimic lively in-person exchanges between students, shared documents couldn’t replace collaboration in real-time, and a collage of student avatars was certainly no substitute for seeing students face-to-face — even in the rare instances when they would choose to turn on their device cameras.

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Presence Introduces New Therapy Platform to Enrich the Clinician Experience

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The technology company has developed a robust, clinician-designed online therapy platform for their own network of teletherapy providers, and made a version of it available to schools during the pandemic. “The It’s been very inspiring to see how student engagement has improved with Presence. Empowering Clinicians.

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5 ways for school leaders to promote equity, student agency

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The report, Empowering and Engaging Student Voice to Create Equity in Education , comes from Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit supporting the implementation of research-based learning experiences, and Blackboard Inc., a global edtech software and solutions company.

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AtomicMind Launches College Admissions Technology Platform for a Personalized and Comprehensive College Application Experience

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NEW YORK — AtomicMind , an education technology company that offers families a boutique coaching experience in the increasingly competitive college admissions landscape, today announced the launch of a unique technology platform. Highlights of the platform include: ? About AtomicMind.

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Canva Introduces Student-Safe AI Products, Customizable Lessons for Teachers, and Over 5,000 Free Classroom Resources to 50 Million Students and Teachers

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SYDNEY – Canva , the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, today announced the launch of a suite of K-12 education products as part of its Canva for Education platform, making it the first company to introduce AI-powered educational tools at scale. Select the subject of an image to edit, reposition or resize it.