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3 Exciting Ways to Use Augmented and Virtual Reality in the K–12 Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Some teachers who have already incorporated augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology into their classrooms or lesson plans have seen amazing benefits in student engagement and retention. The technology is still so new in K–12, but we can see it has huge potential. Thu, 03/28/2019 - 10:11. Are there downsides? .

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. They can show you have to use technology to unlock deeper student relationships with your students.

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Lenovo, Google launch Project Tango device

eSchool News

Project Tango technology gives a mobile device the ability to navigate the physical world similar to how we do as humans. At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Lenovo announced the development of the first consumer mobile device with Project Tango in collaboration with Google.

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Asset Management Tools Help Time-Strapped K–12 IT Teams

EdTech Magazine

The team’s biggest challenge lay in the schools’ lack of asset-tracking technology. . Fortunately, in 2018 Acero launched an initiative to standardize its technologies. Chris Hayhurst is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. “It could become overwhelming,” Chinnici says. Photography by: Matthew Gilson.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America Prepares Kids for a Tech-Driven Future

EdTech Magazine

By Ricky Ribeiro Armed with a generous technology gift from CDW, Lenovo and the Chris Paul Family Foundation, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles embraces its future.

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How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies

EdTech Magazine

When Neosho Junior High School teachers and students moved into a sleek, new campus last August, they said goodbye to traditional classrooms and hello to modern learning spaces that encourage mobility, collaboration and new ways of learning. The new school in Neosho, Mo., Our goal is to enhance learning, and it works.

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

EdTech Magazine

That said, as agriculture is increasingly automated and new technology-rich ­businesses take root in the city, Fresno Unified School District works to keep up, offering students the skills they’ll need to take advantage of ­emerging career opportunities, says district CTO Kurt Madden.

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