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Why Can’t We Be Friends? A Superintendent and a Vendor Talk It Out

Digital Promise

NN: Thank you so much for your time today. When we talk about advancing K-12 educational systems and outcomes, we have to know the people involved, their goals, what takes up their time — especially when their effectiveness is a lever for student success. What has today brought you so far? What fills up your time?

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5 Essential Effective Blended Learning Best Practices

The CoolCatTeacher

Tips and Tricks I've Learned from Experience From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This blog post is sponsored by PowerSchool Learning. In the final analysis, don’t think that blending doesn’t apply to your classroom. This is the startup page for one of my classes.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.). The phrase “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” gets bandied about a lot — despite, according to Slate ’s Will Oremus , it being rather an inaccurate, if not dangerous, slogan. Good for you. But that’s not my job. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Mixed reality dreams: one look into Magic Leap

Bryan Alexander

Magic Leap is a pretty secretive* yet awe- (or hype-)inspiring startup that promises a world-changing new technology. Enjoy that or grit your teeth and push on, as Kelly’s conclusions are really interesting. In other words, this is a technology that can simultaneously upend desktop PCs, laptops, and phones.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Here’s What He Said.” ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. On Sunday, Clinton and Trump held their second debate. Education Politics.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There are, after all, only so many times you can put “mobile” on your list of “what’s on the horizon” before folks begin to suspect your insights might not be that… insightful. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Welcome to week two of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and podcast with Audrey Watters. ANNOUNCEMENTS The South by Southwest Edu (SXSWedu) session proposals are now online for community comment (what they call the PanelPicker): [link]. November 2 - 4, all online, all free. The Classroom 2.0