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COLUMN: Helping middle schoolers think about a future beyond the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Students at Northview Middle School in Indiana use software programs that help them think about their futures. A recent report found Indiana’s rates at their lowest in recent history. Just 59 percent of students here enroll after high school, a drop from a rate of 61 percent in 2018. Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S.

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Another Cause of Inequality: Slow Internet in Schools

Educator Innovator

A teacher at an elementary school in a Boston suburb leads students through a story creation session using Pixie. Enabling users to combine text with images and narration, the software has the potential to help boost literacy skills and appeal to diverse learning styles. Teachers attend training sessions via webinar.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Most educators and students are not technology professionals and prefer classroom solutions that are simple to use and easily work with the various programs, software and other hardware which educators have grown accustomed to.

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Parents Look to Teachers for Help Using Educational Media at Home

Educator Innovator

While a majority of children have access to a tablet or e-reader, only about half of those children have read e-books. While such recommendations are most likely to come from elementary school teachers, these days even preschool teachers and daycare providers are called upon to make recommendations to parents.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Most educators and students are not technology professionals and prefer classroom solutions that are simple to use and easily work with the various programs, software and other hardware which educators have grown accustomed to.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. While Kno has fixed its issues, it appears as though Stanza, a popular e-reader app, will remain in the app graveyard. What makes this newsworthy?

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