Digital Curriculum

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Curriculum Tech Supports for Early Literacy Highlighted on Website
The Integrating Technology in Early Literacy website highlights more than 30 programs around the country that are using devices such as tablets and web video to enhance literacy instruction.
Benjamin Herold, January 4, 2016
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Classroom Technology Investors' Advice to Ed-Tech Startups: Focus on Unmet 'Gaps' in Schools
Investors at an industry ed-tech forum urged fledgling companies to focus on solving problem in schools, and avoid vague promises about "disrupting" K-12 systems.
Sean Cavanagh, December 10, 2015
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Classroom Technology Noodle Markets Aiming to Create Amazon-Like K-12 Procurement Network
A company is attempting to launch a free online marketplace to help ed-tech vendors make their products known in the K-12 market, often a difficult feat.
Sean Cavanagh, December 8, 2015
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Assessment Ed-Tech Pilot Tests in Districts Informal, Short on Student Feedback, Study Finds
Both districts and ed-tech developers would benefit from collecting more feedback from teachers and students from pilot tests of products, a study suggests.
Sean Cavanagh, November 17, 2015
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Classroom Technology Media Usage Highest Among Poor, Minority Youth, Report Finds
Common Sense Media released a report describing high levels of media usage by today's youth.
Leo Doran, November 16, 2015
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Curriculum Open Ed. Resources Would Get Boost Under Education Department Proposal
A proposed federal regulation would require any content developed with grant funds from the U.S. Department of Education to be openly licensed.
Benjamin Herold, October 29, 2015
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5 min read
Curriculum Once Micro-Credentials Are Explained, Teachers Are Willing to Pursue Them, Survey Finds
Despite formidable barriers to adoption, a recent study suggests micro-credentials and digital badges could revamp teachers' professional development.
Leo Doran, October 20, 2015
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3 min read
Students photograph themselves with an iPad during a class at Broadacres Elementary School in Carson, Calif.
Students photograph themselves with an iPad during a class at Broadacres Elementary School in Carson, Calif.
Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times/AP
Classroom Technology Pearson to Pay L.A. Schools $6.5 Million Over Botched Digital Curriculum
The publishing giant will reimburse the district for costs associated with content originally intended to come pre-loaded on student iPads.
Benjamin Herold, October 15, 2015
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Curriculum News Corp. Sells Amplify to Joel Klein, Other Executives
The beleaguered digital education division that News Corp. invested $1 billion in since 2010 was sold on Sept. 30 to a team of 11 Amplify executives.
Michele Molnar, October 6, 2015
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3 min read
Curriculum New Guidance on 'Screen Time' Coming From Pediatrics' Group
The American Academy of Pediatrics to date has recommended that young children watch no more than a couple hours of television per day.
Sean Cavanagh, October 2, 2015
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Classroom Technology Amplify Sold Off to Group of Its Executives, Including Joel Klein
The digital provider Amplify, which despite big promises failed to gain market traction, has been sold to a team of its executives, backed by private investors.
Sean Cavanagh, October 2, 2015
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3 min read
Personalized Learning Teach to One, Ed Tech Instruction Model, Grows to 28 Schools Nationwide
The personalized math learning model, which grew out of the NYC pilot program School of One, has expanded nationally to reach over 10,000 students in eight states and DC.
Leo Doran, September 30, 2015
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4 min read
Students photograph themselves with an iPad during a class at Broadacres Elementary School in Carson, Calif.
Students photograph themselves with an iPad during a class at Broadacres Elementary School in Carson, Calif.
Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times/AP
Classroom Technology L.A. Mulls Proposed Settlement With Apple, Lenovo Over Troubled Tech Project
Superintendent Ramon Cortines said the settlement funds give the district an "exciting opportunity" to invest in schools that have little technology.
Sean Cavanagh, September 29, 2015
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2 min read
Andrew Charleson, left, and Irene Song read assignments on Google Chromebooks during an advanced 6th grade reading class at Ridgeview Middle School in Gaithersburg, Md. Educators say the laptops make student and teacher collaboration easy.
Andrew Charleson, left, and Irene Song read assignments on Google Chromebooks during an advanced 6th grade reading class at Ridgeview Middle School in Gaithersburg, Md. Educators say the laptops make student and teacher collaboration easy.
T.J. Kirkpatrick for Education Week
Classroom Technology Tablet, Smartphone Use in K-12 Rises, and Learning Apps Have Big Presence
A national poll released by Pearson finds that 78 percent of elementary students regularly use a tablet, up from 66 percent a year ago.
Sean Cavanagh, September 25, 2015
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2 min read
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