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How Blockchain Can Encourage Learning

Edsurge

Other emerging programs in the K12 space focus on the unique needs of hard-to-reach students. Consider Learning Coin , a project led by the World Bank that incentivizes students in rural communities to stay in school and improve academic performance.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). ” How would the program operate? Federal Program Evaluations and Reports: Program not yet implemented.

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Good News from Our Nation’s Capital

EdNews Daily

limited data collection, limited program evaluation?, So, what we had to do is align and create guiding documents with the teacher’s evaluation tools so that when an administrator or an instructional superintendent or a leader from central office walked in, they had a guiding document. no implementation support?,

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Don’t Ignore Teachers in Evaluation Studies of Education Technology

Edsurge

Specifically, if we consider that education technology products are not so much “stand alone” interventions but tools for helping teachers personalize their learning environments, then the centrality of teachers becomes apparent. First, we found that teachers’ technology experience mattered.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Do you think others could learn from the way you conduct ed-tech pilots to inform product decisions? Digital Promise is crowdsourcing best practices for piloting learning technology tools, and we want to hear from you! So, do you think you have a pilot approach others could learn from? 8 PM ET, March 27, 2015.

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A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

edWeb.net

It is rare that things go as planned after selecting or purchasing new digital content, services, and tools. Before joining Digital Promise, Christina led program evaluations for federal and state initiatives and delivered professional development and technical assistance to school districts at Measurement Incorporated.