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Not every ed-tech tool has to be a bespoke platform or mobile app. A fourth-grade teacher at the Future of Education Technology Conference this week presented a collection of useful or fun websites available for free. -
North East Independent School District, which is located in San Antonio, may soon be fighting a legal battle with the Texas Education Agency over its controversial cellphone policy.
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One of the key lessons from Florida Virtual School’s collaboration with the AI-enabled data platform Doowii was the importance of spending time with users to understand their needs and limits.
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More than 30 education groups endorse privacy principles designed to guide student data use in schools.
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Devices like iPads or Android-based tablets have become must-haves in many districts as school officials look to create “anytime-anywhere” learning environments.
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According to the audit released by the state office earlier this week, the board did not make public the results of some votes taken during closed meetings.
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Under House Bill 142, school officials cannot make students reveal their accounts, supply account information, nor force students to add school officials to their accounts.
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The district is in the process of finishing the final phase of its Student Computer Initiative, part of the district’s three-year technology plan.
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Scores of schools reported trouble logging on to the test platform and slow connections, so the Florida Department of Education allowed them to push back the first round of tests.
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Model terms of service from the U.S. Education Department are designed to help schools follow student privacy requirements and best practices.
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Schools in Wichita, Kan., are introducing students to technology at an earlier age with a goal of creating future STEM workers.
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Students can see the face of a coach on the robot's screen and interact with him or her in real time, providing research-validated instruction to students and ongoing professional development to teachers.
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The measure allows school districts to negotiate their own broadband contracts for the rest of this school year to replace the Idaho Education Network system.
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Schools and universities still have some big barriers to cross with cloud computing.
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The strategy for one district in Tennessee was to get data in the hands of teachers so they could drive improvement in the classroom -- and they're taking it even further.
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The schools' network services are eligible for a 90 percent discount from the federal E-rate program.
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Students who are part of the Baymonte Makers Club are learning a program called Scratch, a product of MIT that simplifies programming into easy to use buttons.
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As the ever-connected digital world approaches light speed, Greater Johnstown School District announced it would put state bonds toward a new tech-centric academy.
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As entrepreneurs develop their products, they’ll have an opportunity to actually start businesses that would have an impact beyond the introduction of new concepts.
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The areas are public safety, out-of-school time programming, community schools, school funding and marketing the city’s “excellent public school options.”
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The survey information will help Mineral Wells ISD address its technology, stating the district's participation in the survey shows it is interested in meeting its technology needs for staff and students.
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