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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. Photo: Michael Craddock. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — We can extend the learning day. We can flip the classroom. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. It isn’t even good direct instruction." " Readers respond.with gusto.

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10 Edtech people to watch in 2018 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Neo LMS

Thanks to — or because of — technology change happens at a faster rate than ever before, and education makes no exception. How to know which is which? A blogger , speaker, author, technology advocate and prominent voice in social media, Rafranz Davis aims to bridge the digital divide in schools. Edtech is always changing.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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