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New technologies aim to help personalize instruction

September 8, 2014 by From staff reports

As more school leaders recognize technology’s potential to help personalize instruction, ed-tech providers are developing products that can quickly zero in on a student’s unique learning needs and…

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Personalized learning: Not just for students

May 7, 2014 by By Justin Serrano

For more than 20 years, educators and ed-tech companies have pursued the promise that personalized instruction can raise student achievement. So why has so little work been done…

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Personalized learning a key theme from 2013 ISTE conference

November 26, 2013July 12, 2013 by From staff reports

How technology can provide opportunities for more personalized learning that meets each student’s unique needs was a key theme to emerge from the exhibit hall of the 2013…

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The problem with high-tech ‘personalized’ learning tools

November 5, 2013March 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

SWSXedu was a big hit in Texas last week, where technology companies (such as Rupert Murdoch’s Amplify Education) hawked their new education gadgets that they promised would help…

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In Michigan reform district, students set their own pace for learning

October 26, 2012September 21, 2012 by From wire service reports

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Getting the Most out of Your Ed-Tech Investment

To support ed tech, schools need to rethink budgets, infrastructure

January 4, 2013July 17, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor

As schools seek to provide more interactive, engaging, and personalized learning, newly released survey results reveal they need to radically ... Read more

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District ‘Race to the Top’ rules spur mixed reaction

June 28, 2012June 27, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor

Proposed guidelines for school districts to vie for $400 million in new federal grants have elicited mixed reaction from education groups—from concern among ed-tech groups over how “personalized…

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Laptops, personalized learning replace lectures in schools

November 26, 2013June 21, 2012 by From wire service reports

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Six technologies that soon could be in your classrooms

November 5, 2013May 23, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor

Looking into educational technology’s crystal ball for the fourth time, the annual Horizon Report for K-12 education has listed six emerging technologies that schools are likely to adopt…

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Students want personalized learning, mobile technology

November 26, 2013April 26, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

More and more students own mobile devices, including tablets, and indicate a strong desire to use those personal learning tools in school to increase collaboration and access to…

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Experts share their ed-tech predictions for the new year

February 1, 2012January 4, 2012 by From staff reports

We recently asked a handful of education and ed-tech experts for their thoughts on what the future holds for 2012—and beyond. Here's what these experts had to say.

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Panel examines ed tech, personalized learning

November 5, 2013October 7, 2011 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Education policy in the United States should change and adapt to digital technologies that make personalized learning a reality, agreed a number of panelists during an Oct. 6…

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