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The importance of the ITS and Facilities relationship

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The maintenance company was having difficulty isolating the problem. Build the relationship now These examples are some of the many reasons that having a solid relationship with your facilities team is essential to the successful technology support of any school organization.

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Number crunch: Edtech data you can use right now

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“We need to teach children to live both with and without technology; to take what they need from the abundance of information, but to ignore what is not necessary; to let technology support, but never supplant human interactions in teaching and learning.”

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Eyeing More Deals, 2U Raises $331 Million From Latest Public Offering

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That’s how much the Landham, Maryland-based company raised through its latest public offering of common stock this week. He’s referring to the South Africa-based company that works with universities to build short online courses, which 2U purchased for $103 million in May 2017. We believe the company is fully funded,” he says.

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New Online Platform from Vernier Boosts High School Students’ STEM Learning with Fun, Interactive Investigations and Projects

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All this content, which educators can easily customize, is designed by STEM educators and leaders, supported by the renowned technology support and professional development of Vernier Software & Technology, and aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. For more information, visit [link].

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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

eSchool News

The collection of dynamic, on-demand resources supports educators’ efforts to drive deeper student engagement by connecting classroom lessons to the real-world. Career profile videos show students a variety of STEM careers across software engineering, chemistry, and technology support. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Helping Teachers Provide a Deeper Reading Experience

EdNews Daily

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. Taking on educational technology seemed a natural fit. Right now, countless people and companies are creating technology-supported products and series, but the question remains if all of them are solutions.

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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

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A Microsoft spokesperson says over email that this technology is publicly available, and that the company is aware of dozens of K-12 schools that are using it in the classroom. The company says its transcription technology is also useful at a broader level.

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