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Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops

The Hechinger Report

He used that money to buy enough laptops and iPads for every high school student to have their own device, and for every elementary and middle school student to have access to a device in their classroom. Initially, Hickman said, this move caused an uproar in the community. “A

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Want Your Teachers to See Great Teaching? Quickly Build a Teaching Video Library

Edthena

Forget scouring YouTube and welcome to your district’s secure video library hosted by Edthena, where you can curate model teaching videos to your professional development heart’s content. Support professional learning and school initiatives with a library of teaching videos.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Teaming up with Skyview’s instructional technology facilitator and early-adopting teachers, Chun frequently demonstrates new tech tools at the school’s teacher-led professional development meetings. The Beaverton school district, west of Portland, Oregon, is a case in point.

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