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3 Keys to Transform Instruction with Chromebooks

EdTech Magazine

Rather than merely transitioning worksheet-like assignments to laptops, Avrith advises, school districts should adopt curricula that support the following goals: SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. by Calvin Hennick.

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Ray Allen Foundation Gifts Computer Lab to Miami-Dade Middle School to Help Bridge the Digital Divide

EdTech Magazine

We partner with Microsoft, we partner with Google to make a lot of different form factors, such as desktops and laptops, that roll out in schools districts,” said Shealy. Ricky publishes and manages the content on BizTech magazine's website. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy.

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Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program

EdTech Magazine

Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Use Social Media and Events to Keep Parents in the Know. You can send newsletters, put it on your website, announce it on Twitter or Facebook — all of those are great channels.

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Feedly: An RSS Reader Replacement for Google Reader

The 21st Century Principal

I also tried other alternatives suggested on Twitter, such as Newsblur and some desktop software readers such as Feedreader. The app is much easier to use than the the web app, and sharing your reading through social media is also an option, another important feature of my RSS reading experience. Feedly Web Interface 1.

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6 Super Geeky Tech Tips for the New School Year

The Daring Librarian

(A version of this post was published in NEA Today Magazine - 5 Super Geeky Tips -So honored to have been invited to write again for them! A trusted ed tech leader friend of mine told me "because of Dropbox I don't care if my laptop crashes." Resources 6 Tips to a Super Twitter Profile How to Write a Professional Social Media Bio 4.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). They’re amazing.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. That's a lot of computers. million records going up for sale on the Dark Web. emailed W-2 forms and employee information to a person posing as the superintendent.

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