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Educators Want More Mobile Technologies for Classroom Use, Better PD

Marketplace K-12

Mobile technologies in particular have the ability to resonate with and support the instruction of special education students, said Richard E. Teachers can “capitalize on the abilities built into mobile tablets, phones, use talk-to-text, touch screens, and the ability to personalize instruction,” he said. Department Says.

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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. Today Northborough and Southborough public schools have a much faster connection via fiber optic lines—35 Mbps up/down speeds at the elementary and middle schools and 150 Mbps at the high schools. Photo/ Laurie Sullivan.

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50 Of The Best Video Games For Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

Videos are probably a more effective way to introduce you to a game than some kind of app overview page with nebulous, consumer-driven ratings. A list of the most innovative games that have teaching and/or learning potential, for mobile (iPad & Android), console, or PC. Follow List. Embed List. E3 2008 - Fallout 3 Trailer.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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

Doug Levin

" Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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Disintermediating IT: The Secret Sauce To Small School EdTech Success

There is no box

I was their first full time “IT Guy” And when I say full time, I’m stretching a bit, as I was actually farmed out to one of the feeder elementary schools for 2 days a week. How do we get reliable bandwidth at a decent rate? We are now working on an e-rate application to double it again. Teacher Devices.

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