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iPad Magic: 6 Ideas Every iPad Teacher Needs to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

You also can hold down “e” or “n” to get accented characters. I know in one workshop, this was a tip that really changed the world of one of the teachers and one of her students because she said, “Oh! Finally, my Zoe can type her name the way that it’s supposed to be typed, because it had an accent on the “e”. Vicki: Awww… Yeah.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

As Secretary Duncan’s chief of staff wrote at the time, the Common Core was intended to create a national market for book publishers, technology companies , testing corporations, and other vendors.”. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Indeed, $2.3

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Navigating Social Media as a Parent

Tech Helpful

E-parenting is not an easy task. Recently I attended an e-parenting workshop at a local school here in Chattanooga and the speaker shared a great social media rating guide: This can be found at www.safesmartsocial.com. The green apps are made by companies that are working to look at for underage users.

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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

Robb is a keynote and featured speaker at conferences and leads workshops all over the country and in Canada. It must have a high in student engagement rating based on student chosen thumbs up or thumbs down, you can even import in WGA or star data to give students a more differentiated experience from the first log on.

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When a Pandemic Upends Labor Markets, Will a New Workforce ISA Fund Work?

Edsurge

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. He was working for a tech company, but this was no tech job. The same thing happened shortly after with a television marketing firm—and then again with a retail company.

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One district’s innovative ideas to engage parents

eSchool News

Free tutors, workshops, and cold hard cash gets more parents involved in Guilford County. Students with engaged parents traditionally have better attendance, a more positive attitude, and higher rates of graduation than peers with less support. We’re trying to address the opportunity gap,” Carr said.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.