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7 Innovative #EdTech Practices You Can Implement a... Mar 15, 2015,	7006
7 Must-Haves for Teaching + Learning with #BYOD #B... Mar 22, 2015,	5226
7 Ways Social Media Has a Role in Education Mar 18, 2015,	3692
10 Reasons Cell Phones Should Be Allowed In School... Aug 24, 2010,	3630
Finally! Research-based proof that students use ce... Feb 16, 2013,	2717
#EdTech Companies Need to Be On Social Media, But ... Mar 8, 2015,	2150
8 Real Ways Facebook Enriched Ms. Schoening’s Firs... Jul 15, 2010,	1870

#Student Wisdom: Tech Doesn't Always = Innovation

Fifth grade student Marissa McEvoy shares an important message for classmates, teachers, and parents:

“Technology doesn’t always equal innovation.”

In her speech to various universities and organizations Marissa tells us innovation means “changing something for the better.” When it comes to using technology in school, she is right on target. For example, in many cases interactive whiteboards neither make learning more interactive or better. Word processing can slow down, rather than enhance the writing process, barely reaching the bottom rung of the SAMR model. Just having and using technology does not mean we are doing something better. 

Marissa shares one of the most important ways we can innovate with or without technology:

Finally - Laptops More Affordable Than Back to School Supplies w/ @neverware

Coming this fall, a new innovation to replace the classroom 20th century pencil-and-paper technology!

Laptops for all children.  

Neverware makes this possible with CloudReady, a new technology which turns almost any old laptop into a Chromebook with support to ensure the device works. Schools become Google Apps for Education schools, receiving email, word processing, presentation, spreadsheet drawing and more. All this is free and uses a collaborative platform (aka students can work with each other and experts).