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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

The reality is often much more mundane, as classrooms that meet even the most basic of digital information standards still qualify as being a Smart Classroom, Lab, or Lecture Hall. One drawback to LMS platforms is that they are not uniform in the level of technological support that they provide to users. and whiteboard.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. Technology, and especially the internet and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, has become ubiquitous in our daily lives and affordable even to our public schools.

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How DC Public Schools Uses Student Data to Support Mental Health

Edsurge

We collected data around the frequency of certain behaviors, who was receiving treatments, how much treatment and then the outcome of the treatment. We needed to get the data much faster to tell each student's story and show the impact of their treatment at multi-disciplinary team meetings. Join thousands of educators.

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What are Good Tech Goals for Students?

Ask a Tech Teacher

But that’s not what technology is about. Technology supports a curriculum. The metric for measuring technology skills isn’t a rubric with a list of skills (i.e., Assess whether students meet this goal by observing them in class and having other teachers/parents anecdotally report successes (or failures).

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#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”

EdTech Magazine

If the technology doesn’t meet all your criteria, don’t use it. You want a strong connection to a learning outcome in order to use tech successfully. The best way to think about it is through this quote from Michael Fullan, “pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator.” Does it allow for better research?

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Anne Brown, CEO & President, Cook Center for Human Connection More meaningful, tailored school-home communication will be imperative to supporting academic recovery and addressing chronic absenteeism. Communications with student-level data tied to outcomes feel relevant and actionable to families.

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Half of school leaders expect significant impact from ESSA

eSchool News

New survey reveals how school leaders feel about policy, tech-supported learning. The overall results of the inaugural survey reflect school leaders’ focus on meeting individual student needs and building teacher and leadership capacity within schools. Catapult Learning, Inc.

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