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First Future Ready Schools Summit Kicks Off

EdTech Magazine

Bandwidth Management Funding Leadership Management Mobile Broadband Mobility Networking Wireless' Frank Smith School leaders gather for orientation on nationwide digital-learning efforts, in conjunction with ConnectED.

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Schools Need Robust Networks to Support Internet of Things

EdTech Magazine

Similar to the rise of mobility and one-to-one computing programs, IoT will undoubtedly impact IT infrastructure. School districts would be wise to consider now what capacity and capabilities their networks will need to support smart devices and IoT applications in the near future. Ready or Not, Now's the Time to Prepare for IoT.

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3 things schools must know about the rising “phigital” student

eSchool News

In an article published in, of all places, Delta’s Sky Magazine , writer Allison Kaplan details her interview with generational expert and author David Stillman on how Generation Z will begin graduating from college this year and what businesses should expect. So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on.

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As an industry user experience researcher, leader, and manager, she contributed to R&D research projects and influenced the user experience of web, mobile, and TV consumer products resulting in 5 U.S. Nigel is also a fellow at the Center for the Advancement Public Action at Bennington College. He holds an M.Ed

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Memory Machines: Learning, Knowing, and Technological Change

Hack Education

Take, for example, the founding editor of the technology trade magazine Wired , Kevin Kelly. Martin Cooper, a Motorola exec, made the first mobile telephone call in 1973, not 1983. We do not have to buy new stuff faster than we’ve ever bought new stuff before in order to be “future ready.”

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

She was selected to participate in the Future Ready Superintendent Briefing with the U.S. Randy was a Tech & Learning Magazine runner-up for 2017 digital leaders. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S. degrees from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Department of Education Secretary in October 2016.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.