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The Digital Education blog covered personalized learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive testing, digital curricula, data privacy, future of work, and all things technology. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work, and digital learning.

Classroom Technology Blended Learning Winners in Gates Competition Heavy on Charters
Check out Jason Tomassini's extended post on the secondary education recipients within the last 13 winners announced in Wave III of the Next Generation learning Challenges grant competition.
Ian Quillen, October 17, 2012
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Equity & Diversity A Guide to Creating Collaborative, Open Textbooks
South African organization Siyavula details how it produces collaboratively authored, open textbooks for K-12 students in that country.
Katie Ash, October 17, 2012
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Equity & Diversity Fighting for Open Access and Data
John Willinsky, a professor at Stanford University, described his work advocating for open data and access for academic and educational purposes.
Katie Ash, October 17, 2012
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Curriculum Open Ed. Resources Encourage Teachers to Tinker
Educators from the Open High School of Utah share their views on how to use open education resources to improve schools.
Katie Ash, October 17, 2012
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Ed-Tech Policy New Ed-Tech Policy Database Unveiled
The construction of SETDA's State Education Policy Center may signal a new focus for the organization.
Ian Quillen, October 16, 2012
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Curriculum Transformation Is Focus of Open Ed. Content Conference
Virginia Tech professor outlines his disruptive vision for how the open educational resources movement should change education.
Katie Ash, October 16, 2012
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Education Florida to Become Statewide BYOD Model?
More than a decade after Maine launched the first-ever statewide 1-to-1 laptop program, Florida is considering a proposal to put a digital device in the hands of every student.
Ian Quillen, October 16, 2012
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Classroom Technology More Student Data Would Inform Teaching, Report Says
A new report suggests schools create data backpacks and learner profiles—sets of digital information that will follow students from year to year to better inform teachers of their learning needs.
Katie Ash, October 9, 2012
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Curriculum Arkansas Expands Digital Encyclopedia Program for Schools
Educational resources from Encyclopaedia Britannica will be accessible to Arkansas K-12 classrooms.
Nikhita Venugopal, October 5, 2012
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Education Best Practices for Blended Learning Highlighted
A 56-page report, published by the Center for Digital Education, examines different models of blended learning and how schools are implementing them.
Mike Bock, September 28, 2012
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School & District Management An Ed-Tech 'Consumer Reports'
Two professors propose a plan to launch a new organization that would evaluate education technology solutions and report those results to schools and ed-tech entrepreneurs.
Katie Ash, September 28, 2012
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Curriculum New $159 Amazon Tablet Challenges iPad
Other new tablets, such as Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1, could also gain more traction in the ed-tech marketplace.
Mike Bock, September 27, 2012
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Classroom Technology VHS Collaborative Names New CEO
Jeffrey Elliot will replace long-time CEO Liz Pape.
Ian Quillen, September 21, 2012
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School & District Management Ten Districts Slated to Receive 1-to-1 Support
Project RED plans to provide support and resources to districts to help them create successful 1-to-1 learning environments.
Katie Ash, September 20, 2012
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