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How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning

Digital Promise

Students without wifi can download videos and activities while connected and access them later when offline. Here’s a list of ideas for offline resources from Verizon Innovative Learning Schools. Test the mobile device management (MDM) and internet filter off campus, and test it often.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

D49 is committed to providing students high-quality technology opportunities and giving teachers the tools they need to help all students achieve desired outcomes. Colorado vendors and school districts are required by the state to facilitate safe online learning experiences. The company was sold to Jostens, Inc.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

The report is one of four reports featured in the executive brief series 90 Days that Changed K-12 Teaching & Learning. Without the opportunity for immediate or regular face-to-face support from teachers, students are using texting, social media posts, mobile app alerts, and personal emails for the interaction and support they need.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. fund to boost technology for kids | Belgrade News → The idea behind the initiative is to set up every student in the district with their own computing device. Tagged on: March 9, 2017 Belgrade schools may tap $1.5M

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive? The company provides “interactive lessons and content on a mobile platform to low-skilled workers.” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. “School shooters leave clues. ” asks WBRC. ” asks Edsurge.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. It works well too for teachers wanting to bypass the procurement bureaucracy.

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