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Checking Your Edtech Assumptions

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Not surprisingly, the principals, technology coaches, curriculum directors, and superintendents across the Austin area are no strangers to using edtech. I am familiar with some assumptions developers make. I am familiar with some assumptions and how they affect instruction. You Can’t Spell Assumptions without Austin.

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Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

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Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas. Heather Wolpert-Gawron offers a good role-model.

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