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How to create a cost-effective PD program that impresses

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This included enhancing the district’s wireless capabilities, purchasing 12,000 Chromebooks for students, adding new desktop computers for our classrooms and labs, and buying hundreds of Epson BrightLink interactive projectors, document cameras and sound enhancement technology for our classrooms. When it comes to PD, time is money.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

Leaders will be looking for new ways to streamline observation to ensure teachers feel supported, connected with colleagues, and aligned on how to have the most impact with students. Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Reports in edtech products are often created for teachers or school leaders.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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WHAT’S NEW

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EDSBY ( edsby.com ) Edsby has introduced new ways to capture and report on evidence of student learning. offers updated workflows on the 20 most popular pages, a reports page overhaul, redesigned assessment creation and pre-built data visualizations and dashboards. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0 Type C ports.

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TEACHER VOICE: How students in one Massachusetts town learned to love coding

The Hechinger Report

When I was 8 years old, my father began teaching me a programming language called BASIC, using an Epson QX10 computer. I am passing the torch that was unknowingly passed to me back in 1983, when my father taught an 8-year-old girl how to code.”. Boy using a tablet. Photo: Jamel Toppin/Mint Images/ZUMA Wire. PLYMOUTH, Mass.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. In addition to its resources for homework, reports, and projects, the database provides support material for teachers--printable handouts, classroom management forms, and more. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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