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Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?

Edsurge

Ten K-12 School Technologies Created Since 2010. Kahoot-2013. Newsela-2013. Yet even that kind of change signals to students that the technologies that touch their lives, in work, studying or in leisure, are going to continuously change. Many of those technologies support collaboration. Class Dojo-2011.

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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

Edsurge

A Microsoft spokesperson says over email that this technology is publicly available, and that the company is aware of dozens of K-12 schools that are using it in the classroom. The company says its transcription technology is also useful at a broader level. Amazon followed with an announcement of its own on Monday.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

Edsurge

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. Though I was technology savvy, none of my classwork or student teaching prepared me for this. It was my first full-time teaching job.

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The hottest posts everyone is reading

The Innovative Educator

Mar 27, 2013, 5 comments 5403 College is costly: 7 innovative ideas for funding Mar 31, 2013, 6 comments 3043 Ed-specific or student specific? Apr 3, 2013, 1 comment 2310 10 Do’s and don’ts to using PowerPoint to. Mar 20, 2013, 3 comments 1580 Want to strengthen family & community engagement. Which device.

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Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

Edsurge

In 2013, when I began rethinking some of the practices I once thought of as tried and true, one of the biggest shifts for me was the realization that the topics I found interesting were not necessarily the most engaging for my students. But in time these impossibilities become like second nature and new challenges arise.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home.

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Access Your Stuff with Parallels Access

Kathy Schrock

During September 2013, Parallels gave me five year-long subscription licenses for Parallels Access to give away to K-16 educators! I provide Ed Tech and Assistive Technology support to students with disabilities. Parallels is working on a pricing model for schools and colleges, so watch for that, too! Flash content on the iPad.