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

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How does a fifth grader feel getting ready to do a live edtech demo at their local school board meeting? At last February’s Board meeting, 10-year old Ryan inspired the adults in the room to see how tech can be leveraged for learning in a whole new light. With 71,000 students, Fresno is the fourth largest district in California.

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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. He holds an M.A.

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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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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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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 Hommeland has a deep background in edtech and 10 years of classroom teaching experience.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” The third: lifelong learning. Techcrunch says that “ EdTech is having a renaissance , powered by the emerging world.” Minnesota Confronts a National Quandary.” million total.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

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Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. And now, we head into our third year of learning during a global pandemic.

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