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Calculating the Costs of Digital Textbook Initiatives in Africa - 0 views

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Interesting article about the cost components (not just device pricetags) of using digital textbooks. The article considers Africa, but the framework can apply anywhere.

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How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia - 1 views

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Ten Tips for Becoming a Connected Educator | Edutopia - 0 views

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MOOCs Could Help 2-Year Colleges and Their Students, Says Bill Gates - Technology - The... - 2 views

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Bill Gates on MOOCs.

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Investing in digital teaching and learning resources: Ten recommendations for policymak... - 2 views

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10 Recommendations before investing in digital teaching resources

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Will MOOC's help you open career doors? - Business - The Boston Globe - 1 views

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speculates about how employers will view participation in MOOCs

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How much are you spending on that MOOC? Is it worth it? - 0 views

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Another one on brief economics of MOOCs for institutions

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'Social Media in Education' Parent Connection Coming to Wyckoff - Schools - Wyckoff, NJ... - 0 views

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Who decides who get to see student data? - 0 views

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Fascinating article about backlash to a non-profit working with school districts to integrate student data sources. Raises lots of pertinent issues beyond student data: intersection of business, foundations, and school districts; parent reactions to educational technology; districts going down the rabbit hole of tech contracts without a clear sense of what they'll get....

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fascinating article about backlash to a non-profit working with school districts to integrate student data sources. Raises lots of pertinent issues beyond student data: intersection of business, foundations, and school districts; parent reactions to educational technology; districts going down the rabbit hole of tech contracts without a clear sense of what they'll get....</div>

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Penn State's Early MOOC Faculty Share Lessons from Their Classes - 0 views

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Faculty claim that their MOOC experiences actually will also change their classroom lectures.

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Los Angeles students get iPads for classroom, play video games instead - 0 views

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Los Angeles spent $1 billion to put iPads in the hand of students and within a week students found a way around and use the iPads for playing video games instead.

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The Wired Child - 0 views

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This info graphic describes today's preschooler as Generation C for Connected and lists new expectations for incoming K students in the 21st century.

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26 Ways to integrate phones in the classroom - 0 views

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A simple list of ways to use phones in the classroom

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Making Blended Learning Work - 1 views

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This article describes some current challenges and solutions involved in using a blended learning model of instruction in classrooms.

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How Big Data and Mobile Technology Startups Are Changing Education - The Network: Cisco... - 3 views

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Ed tech podcast

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Windows tablets in education: They plug right in | ZDNet - 0 views

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Dell tablets that plug into existing infrastructure for school systems and universities

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Parents Press for Attention to Programs for Gifted Students - 1 views

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An article sort of centered around the notion for more "maker-movement" centers for gifted students.

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Talented Chief Tech Officers Hard to Find for K-12 - 2 views

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A shortage looming? Survey finds that less than 50% of k-12 schools have a CTO.

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Intel teams up with Arduino to promote open-source hardware community | VentureBeat - 0 views

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ETS - Technology enhances assessments - 1 views

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Using Technology to Improve Assessment

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