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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

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Ryan had this chance to shine because of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), which has been fostering student voice, choice and collaboration over the last two years. The focus is on how to engage students meaningfully in learning, and teachers use digital tools as an enabler of that conversation.

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MinecraftEdu Creators Struggle to Find a Second Hit

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Those developers, whose company TeacherGaming pivoted sharply after Microsoft took over MinecraftEdu two years ago, are facing tough times—and laying off staff—as they try to craft a niche in a crowded educational gaming landscape that has struggled to attract broad interest from schools. After Microsoft acquired Minecraft for $2.5

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Ensuring “Techquity” in All Learning Spaces

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“Techquity,” as defined by educator and consultant Ken Shelton in a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by NetRef , is the intersection of the use of technology and ensuring equitable learning environments. He defines equity simply as access and opportunities for all learners to realize their full potential.

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Behaviorism, Surveillance, and (School) Work

Hack Education

Microsoft and Google offer schools "productivity tools," for example, making it quite clear — I would hope — that whatever students or staff type or click on feeds into financial measurements of efficiency. In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.).

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Top 5 Benefits of Digital Textbooks You Never Knew About

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They have opened up new opportunities for students who now can access study-material from any device. Increased Accessibility In one of its most comprehensive studies to date, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that over 240 million children worldwide suffer from some form of disability.

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Managing and Sharing Your Education Data Effectively

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Geotags can also be used to identify locations and build maps that make important types of information more apparent, and filters can be included to provide quick access to subsets of information for certain subjects or types of students. Erin is a certified ISTE CAP Trainer, Google Trainer, and Microsoft Innovative Educator.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

. …This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).