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Celebrating Standouts in Verizon Innovative Learning schools

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DuBois Academy—all started strong out of the gate in their first year as Verizon Innovative Learning schools. Strong coaching quickly built capacity among teachers, and by leveraging their devices in various ways, these schools had the highest student achievement growth in the county on their MAP assessment. IT Leader of the Year.

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Substance Over Assumptions and Generalizations

A Principal's Reflections

We have mistakenly believed that giving teachers and students new software or a new box will help fix education. As the OECD Report alluded to, the problem isn’t the technology per say, but the lack of quality professional learning to support educators with effective implementation.

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Celebrating ConnectED’s Achievements Toward Transforming Education

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To support this work, Hoang secured a software donation from Adobe & ConnectED to help increase technological literacy for Burbank’s students by integrating digital media into the art curriculum. They donated an iPad to every student, a Mac and iPad to every teacher, and an Apple TV to every classroom.

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Managing Smartphone Distractions in the Classroom

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Technology has become an integral element in our students’ educational journey. With the influx of diverse and multimedia instruction technology software and 1:1 programs, students have access to technology both in and out of school settings. The Solutions. Join the Community. Teacher HELP!

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Back Office Business

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Polk County Schools is one of the few rural systems in the US to be named a Verizon Innovative Learning School. The designation comes with 500 iPads, five gigabytes of data per month for each student and teacher in the sixth through eighth grades, and professional development support for teachers.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ product/ ) 3DBear allows students to design and create mixed-reality scenes, then bring their models to life using a 3D printer to create three-dimensional scenes. The program includes in-classroom professional development sessions. Illuminate 11.0

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Newsletter Sponsor Click for more information Partner Spotlight CORE Education is a not-for-profit educational consultancy, professional learning and research organisation. At CORE we believe that new technologies are the most exciting way to engage 21st century learners across all education and training sectors.