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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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“If it’s edtech, it must be good,” used to be the mantra in schools. In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. Imperative 3: Transform Pedagogy with Compelling Learning Environments.

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EduStar Platform Promises Quick, Randomized Ed-Tech Trials

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The technology platform is the product of a grant-funded collaboration between two professors and the nonprofit PowerMyLearning. It runs trials on granular pieces of digital learning activities via the PowerMyLearning Connect platform, which is available free to schools. Parents can also access it for use by their children.

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Could Giving Parents Homework Help Students? Schools Try ‘Family Playlists’

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But it also represents an achingly missed opportunity—a chance to involve parents in what their children are learning. Parents are learning at home, learning with their child, in the privacy and safety of their home,” observes Alan Baer, an assistant principal at South Bronx Preparatory.

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Essential Elements for Moving to a 1:1 Environment

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During an edWebinar for the Empowered Superintendent series, “Leadership for Mobile Learning: Creating a Shared Vision,” the presenters said school leaders, though, often miss key parts of the planning process and end up with useless “hunks of plastic.” This is especially important because the tech will change over the lifecycle of the plan.

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Key Questions and Recommendations for Online Assessment

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During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could. Use Assessment Data Effectively: Leaders shouldn’t rely on teachers knowing how to use and share the data with students and families.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Although much of the focus of ed-tech involves what happens at school, it’s important to remember that the corporate and consumer markets for “learning technologies” are much larger. “How AI and Eye Tracking Could Soon Help Schools Screen for Dyslexia ,” according to Edsurge , profiling one company, Lexplore.

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