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The New National Education Technology Plan: What’s in it for Me?

Tom Murray

Department of Education released the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP). First released in 1996 and updated every five years since, the NETP is the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. Image Credits: Office of Educational Technology , US Department of Education.

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Do We Need New Regulations to Govern the Use of EdTech?

Doug Levin

Largely unexamined in the large-scale shift to digital learning in education are the accompanying ethical considerations. Indeed, the issues and tradeoffs that school leaders and teachers face in using technology in schools and for education — whether free or for a fee — are more complex than they have ever been. Privacy and security.

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Students’ ed-tech opinions might surprise you

eSchool News

Students see equity of access as a key ed-tech challenge for their schools, and they’d like to have newer technology in their classrooms. Those were some of the key takeaways from a panel discussion held June 30 during the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia.

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What school librarians make (revisited)

NeverEndingSearch

Sometimes, when I am introduced, people refer to me as more than a librarian because I write a blog or speak at an occasional conference. Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid. It’s equity of access. And it’s equity of experience.

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Tenn. district partners with Discovery to transition to digital learning

eSchool News

Tennessee’s Wilson County Schools and Discovery Education announced a new six-year partnership supporting the creation of authentic digital learning environments in classrooms district-wide. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools.