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Zoom has some new competition. Google has just made premium functionality in its online video meeting software freely available to anybody with a Google email account.
05/13/2020
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Spring fever is taking on a new profile in a time of pandemic stay-at-home orders. High schoolers are now feeling much more enthusiastic about the prospect of returning to school in the fall.
05/13/2020
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A new nonprofit maker organization is working with a company that creates computer kits to encourage people to make respirators for their communities.
05/13/2020
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A national survey of high schoolers showed that even among the top students, boys both favored and had greater confidence in math classes than girls.
05/11/2020
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Almost all states have now closed their schools to in-person instruction through the 2019–2020 academic year. Plans for summer and fall are now being discussed. Here's a complete listing of all states' closures, along with current known plans for the summer and fall terms. (Updated May 11)
05/11/2020
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Education technology company CoderZ has introduced a new course for students in grades 2-5 to learn how to program.
05/11/2020
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As educators delve into the world of remote and online learning, we must be mindful of the need to retain professional boundaries at the same time as working to maintain a high level of support for students.
05/07/2020
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Video management company Panopto has introduced a free tool to allow teachers and instructors to create and share recordings of their presentations and lectures.
05/07/2020
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A new report is out to help teachers and school leaders understand how artificial intelligence can change education.
05/06/2020
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A listing of arts resources organizations are offering for free in response to COVID-19-related school closures. (Updated May 6)
05/06/2020
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Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, comments on digital equity; why the internet has just become a major need, not just a want; and how school could change for the better next fall.
05/04/2020
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Nepris, which produces a library of career videos and sets up industry connections between industry and classrooms, has launched a "virtual classroom," that combines real-time instruction with K-12 classroom management functionality.
05/04/2020
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Motorola Solutions has launched an integrated campus safety bundle that combines video, data, analytics and voice. Safe Schools is intended to help school sites secure their campus perimeter, control access to buildings and speed up communication with local law enforcement.
05/04/2020
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Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
05/04/2020
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To bridge the "digital divide" in California, state agencies, private companies and philanthropists, urged on by Gov. Gavin Newsom, have stepped forward to deliver internet access to households without it and to provide computing devices to students who need them.
05/01/2020
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Most K-12 educators are still not ready to teach online. It would be foolhardy to overlook this reality.
05/01/2020
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A new virtual reality device from a team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers allows users to feel walls and solid objects.
04/30/2020
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A virtual parade of World War II naval vessels will take place on game-streaming service Twitch, to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe.
04/30/2020