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How to Redesign the K–12 Media Center

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When Harbor Beach High School in Michigan decided to redesign its library , administrators there held meetings with faculty, staff and members of the student council to decide how the new space should look based on how each group envisioned its use. Teachers use group projects to better engage K–12 students and encourage collaboration.

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K–12 Districts Prepare Students for Careers in the Tech-Dominated Economy

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The district has mobile ­computer labs in all schools and provides Samsung Chromebooks and Lenovo ThinkPads loaded with Google Apps for Education. In response to demand from young men, coed CoderClubs groups have also sprung up in schools around the district. “I by Tommy Peterson.

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How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies

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We have more group-based learning going on, but we also accommodate individual instruction. We had conversations about the types of classroom designs that would give students the most flexibility, so we could facilitate different kinds of learning and they could meet in small or large group s,” she recalls.

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School STEM Labs Inspire Students, Power Innovation

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In an effort to inspire its 4,300 students, particularly underrepresented groups such as girls and people of color, to explore STEM, the district has ­created a welcoming and creative environment for every student who wants to take part. You can share with a large group or focus on smaller group work,” Dickie says.

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Labster Raises $21 Million to Bring More Digital Lab Simulations to Classrooms

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Labster has raised $21 million in a Series A round led by Owl Ventures, with Balderton Capital, Northzone and Swisscom Ventures participating and Nordic Makers, David Helgason, EduCapital and Entangled Group making follow-on investments. market, co-founder and chief technology officer Michael Bodekaer Jensen said.

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To Re-Capture the Education Market, Microsoft Aims to Offer a Compelling Alternative to Google’s Chromebook

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Intune can also sync with other Microsoft tools like Office 365 Education and Schools Data Sync, a program that allows teachers to create groups based on roster data that can be configured for a plethora of education apps. Like Google, Microsoft is working with companies like HP, Acer, and Lenovo to create affordable computers for students.

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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

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Martin also serves in working groups to advise the US Department of Education on the accessibility of education materials, and Universal Design for Learning. So for example, you can now get a Lenovo Tango device which will sense the room in 3D and create a 3D map of the same room.

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