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June/July 2017 | Volume 44, No. 4
COLUMNS
4 Editor’s Note
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12 Keynote
The director of technology for Tampa Preparatory School has reimagined and transformed classrooms with technology.
26 Viewpoint
Making the commitment to student data privacy.
33 Index
34 Ed Tech Insights
First-year teachers are more confident in tech but use it less than experienced teachers.
FEATURES
14 Schools Moving to OER
Educators and administrators from three K–12 school systems discuss how they’re using online educational resources to transform teaching and learning.
24 Teaching Gifted Students with Real and Virtual Robots How one district is deploying robots to embody concepts in science, math, ELA and social studies.
28 School Districts Grapple with Web Accessibility
More are adopting policies that make sites more available to those with disabilities; however, the future is uncertain under a new administration.
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6 GAMING TO LEARN
Educators are borrowing from escape rooms and are using breakout boxes to encourage students to collaborate, use what they’ve learned in class and break into a box secured by multiple locks.
By Dian Schaffhauser
20 PROMOTING STEM THROUGH ROBOTICS
Robots are playing a bigger role in the classroom, making lessons more active, kinesthetic and play-based.
By Joshua Bolkan
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Photo: Kristin Mulder, Sioux Falls Christian Schools