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Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends

EdNews Daily

A better question might be, what’s hot in EdTech this year ? In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 Just the first half of this year alone, the United States neared one billion in EdTech funding. Trends aren’t the enemy, but they certainly shouldn’t be your only guiding light.

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#FETC 2015 Recap

The Electric Educator

FETC is one of the largest EdTech conferences in the country with over 10,000 attendees from around the world. The future of technology links the digital and the physical I sat in a great session from Brad Waid and Drew Minock ( Two Guys and Some iPads ) that showcased the latest in Augmented Reality (AR).

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Using Digital Media To Connect Inside and Outside of the Classroom

MSEDTechie

To answer these questions, I often turn to the people who can help me evaluate how effectively I’ve been integrating edtech tools into the classroom: students, parents and fellow educators. Following people who share your role in education, or what you aspire to be, is key to staying connected and current with tech trends.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

Edsurge

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. Those interactions look a lot different than just evaluating consumer or edtech trends in isolation. They went into first grade when Apple was rolling out the first iPad, in 2010. The big loser in this battle?

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

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held. That's a lot of computers.

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VR, PBL, and OERs: Four High Hopes for Learning with Edtech in the New School Year

Edsurge

In 2014, I wrote about strategies for edtech success in the new school year , and in 2015, I wrote about edtech teaching trends for the new school year. I’ve seen the students in my own school get pretty excited about the robots they’ve built and programmed with code. A promising new iPad app is TES Teach.

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