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4 ways library media specialists lead digital transformations in districts

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During the pandemic era of “emergency teaching,” school systems across my state and around the country made deep investments in edtech resources. However, as we move into what some call the post-pandemic era, education stakeholders are searching for strategies to ensure that edtech investments continue to pay dividends.

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ISTE Launches ISTE U to Help Teachers, Leaders Build Digital Competencies

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools ] ISTE partnered with D2L to use the BrightSpace learning management system (LMS) to power ISTE U. Best Practices in Open Education Resources, developed in collaboration with iLearn Collaborative. ? ISTE U will launch with these courses: ? Taking Mobile Learning to the Next Level. ?

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How Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s iZone Went from ‘Cool’ to Cold

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Exactly how many schools are actively engaged in iZone projects is unclear: The NYCDOE press office disclosed that 50 schools abandoned the iZone’s iLearn program between 2015 and 2016 to develop their own blended and online learning materials or to use outside resources including Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas. Hodas left in 2014.)

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Study: Instructional Mode Played No Significant Role in COVID-19-Related Learning Loss in Indiana Public Schools in 2020-21

eSchool News

What Contributed to COVID Learning Loss in Indiana’s Schools? ,” a recently published study from Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), utilized Indiana Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) test scores from Spring 2019 to Spring 2021 as a measure of learning for Indiana public K-12 schools.

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Literature-Map: Help students find new authors to fall in love with

iLearn Technology

What it is: Literature Map is a literature recommendation system. It is really easy to discover a new author. Start by searching for an author you enjoy, and magically a map of names will appear based on what other readers of that author have read. Click on any name on the map to travel further and find more recommendations.

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Do you want to form an alliance with me? (Version 3.0)

iLearn Technology

Why were we still stuck in a system of the boxed, one-size-fits-all curriculum? After a few months, I faced down a painful truth: we do not have an education system designed to see students as individuals. I couldn’t let the idea go.

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MobyMax: Tablet + help differentiating instruction

iLearn Technology

Students who don’t have great support systems at home, now can continue learning independently. Especially when they promise to help make your program more tailored to the individual, that I really like! It’s like getting an extra set (or 20) of hands! Really happy!

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