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Five Instances Your “Free” Education Software May Actually Cost You by @edsby

TeacherCast

If a software company wants to give its product away free to educators, that’s a good thing for schools, teachers and students, right? Many companies that are giving their software away—and their investors—are waking up to the fact that freemium is great when it works, but it doesn’t actually work all that often. What do you do?

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision? Multiple choice: A.

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Digital Surveillance Systems Help Keep K–12 Students, Staff Safe from Harm

EdTech Magazine

The principal of each school determines where cameras are placed, ­following a few basic guidelines; for example, there are no cameras in classrooms or bathrooms, he says. The biggest challenge is keeping up with the demand. Outfitting nine campuses with cameras and keeping them up to date takes awhile. “So, CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment.

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It's Time for K–12 Schools to Change the Integration Conversation

EdTech Magazine

I just did a quick search on Google and found several districts using both products. Rather than asking whether a system will work with a specific other system, using the following questions as guidelines will close some of the loopholes mentioned above and ensure that you get the interoperability you need: . A few examples include: .

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs.

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The TeacherCast Ultimate Guide To Podcasting

TeacherCast

They are all coming to your blog or website to learn something and the best way to keep them coming back is to ask them questions, possibly through a Google Form Survey, to get a better sense of topics that you may wish to turn into podcast or blog topics. February: Google for Education. Week 1: Google Docs Tips. Rendezvous.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.” ” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. And Google is getting into the whiteboard business. The CEO has resigned.