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ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

Successful classroom technology should challenge and support every type of learner without widening the digital divide that’s often found in low-income and rural districts. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

Successful classroom technology should challenge and support every type of learner without widening the digital divide that’s often found in low-income and rural districts. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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Deep learning

Learning with 'e's

She showed several images of recent movies such as Ellysium, I, Robot and Avatar to emphasise her point. This week I read an article that documented the recent partnership between futurist Ray Kurzweil and Google''s Larry Page. Technology of the future is already here - we just haven''t seen it released on the general public yet.

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Will a new batch of licenses help rural students get online?

The Hechinger Report

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. Some kids come to log extra time on class projects. Others show up just for the internet. Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks.

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K-12 Tech Innovation News

eSchool News

The integration of interactive whiteboards, tablets, and educational software in classrooms has made learning more dynamic and engaging. Online and digital learning tools let students explore a wealth of resources, including videos, articles, and interactive content that supplements traditional classroom materials.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“The 72 OSERS Documents Rescinded by Betsy deVos ” – by Liz Ditz. Via Techcrunch : “ Holberton gets backing from more industry executives as it looks to scale its software engineering school.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. (National) Education Politics. Chatterbug is a language learning startup.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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