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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

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A Digital Learning Now report highlights digital backpacks as a solution for teachers who, without these tools, “have little visibility into the past performance of their students, what other teachers noted, or each learner’s strengths, weaknesses, and individual needs.”. Find the Tools to Introduce Interoperability. by Eli Zimmerman.

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What Happens When Students Work at Their Own Pace

Digital Promise

You can reach him on Twitter @jtomassini. We hear a lot about the need for students to “learn at their own pace.” For the 2014-15 school year, Piedmont Middle School, in rural northeast Alabama, reimagined how its students learn by letting them progress based on their mastery of skills and standards.

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Project-Based Learning Is Just the Beginning

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In addition, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that has started to move to competency-based learning. We’re also working to report on students’ mastery of skills with progress levels, rather than a traditional report card at the end of each semester. Follow her on Twitter @Find8Fences.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

You can reach her on Twitter at @aubreyfrancisco. You can reach her on Twitter at @kelseye144. Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. News & World Report , 2015). ylaQhFN3M1 pic.twitter.com/kybichaAQs.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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