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The Big 3's War Over EDU: A Comparison of Apple, Google, and Microsoft

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The recommended devices (partner laptops) can have wildly different specs The boot time on recommended devices can be slow Lms style platform has a high entry point with a major need for PD The entry point into coding (Minecraft) has a limited scope 365 only had one native creative app (sway) Overall Take Microsoft's success in education.

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Summer SuperHighway: Liliana Richter on Teaching for Social Justice

Education Superhighway

Equitable digital access is the foundation for ensuring that teachers can personalize learning and provide students with the educational opportunities they need to be prepared for college and a career. They also had smart boards, laptops, Google Classroom, and all sorts of subscriptions to student online resources. Absolutely.

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Microsoft’s Many EDU Updates—and a Window of Opportunity to Win K-12 Market Share

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The announcement reads like a laundry list of new laptop offerings, upgrades to existing software and plans for “sparking creativity” with STEM. Among them are Microsoft Learning Tools, which starting in February will get a dictation feature so students can write with their voice. Here’s what Microsoft wants the world to know.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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What Lessons Does Special Education Hold for Improving Personalized Learning?

MindShift

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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How transparent is school data when parents can’t find it or understand it?

The Hechinger Report

Canvassers like Bey use that opportunity to invite parents to be learn about and apply to their fellowship program, a ten-session course that provides $200 vouchers for refurbished laptops (through its partnership with the nonprofit Tech Exchange), teaches parents digital literacy and shows them how to access and understand school data.

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10 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have

Educational Technology Guy

It''s also important to look at different ways of providing technology in schools, whether it is through computer labs, 1-1 laptops, or Bring Your Own Device (students bring own tech). Knowing how to find funding for technology or find free technology is very important. Educators need to get online as part of their profession.