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To Prepare Kids for Their Futures, Incorporate Technology Into Core Curriculum

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In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

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This project maps across existing data standards, making it possible to translate data at all levels and sectors of education and training, such as the MedBiquitous standards for health care and HROpen for human resources. The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) plans to update its existing standards based on this work.

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How to Qualify Online Tutoring Services

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The internet and the rapid technological improvement are making the world a little bit smaller and are eliminating barriers to learning. Students can now meet with private tutors, who are maybe from another country, through Skype, Google Hangouts, and other mobile communication applications. What subjects does their service cover?

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In 2019, What’s REALLY the Definition of a Teacher?

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Maybe, we need to look at educators in a new context of what teaching really is in most schools, and whether it should be given cultural, economic and technological change. Plus, Teachers are supposed to be maestros of all technologies and personalizing separate paths for every single one of their students. Union meetings.

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MasteryConnect Cuts 30 Percent of Staff, Brings Co-Founder Mick Hewitt Back as CEO

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MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. The company recently launched a mobile app that allows teachers to snap photos of student’s work incorporate them into MasteryConnect’s platform.

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Apple’s Strongest Case to Reclaim the Education Market Is Not the New iPad

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We believe that our place at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts makes it possible to create and amplify our creativity,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said on stage. Final Thoughts Apple’s vision of pushing education towards more creative thinking skills, enabled by technology, is certainly lofty. K-12 education market in 2017.

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Game On: Kahoot Snaps Up DragonBox for $18 Million for Its First Acquisition

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The program includes tablets and apps, along with print workbooks, lesson plans and physical manipulatives aligned to national academic standards. Kahoot offers a web-based and mobile app that allows anyone to create and partake in multiple-choice quizzes.

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