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• 10 Products From CES That Will Impact Education

  The annual tech-fest known as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is taking place Jan. 6- 9 in Las Vegas, and companies new and old have already unveiled their latest bells and whistles. Here are 10 newly introduced products with the most potential for the classroom.
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• Pennsylvania School for Students with Hearing Disabilities Renovates Classrooms

  The Scranton School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children has gone public with its recent renovation of a section of the Lourdesmont School, which it bought in 2011.
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• ED Opens Competition for ELL Professional Development Grants

  The United States Department of Education is tackling professional development of teachers and others working with English language learners.
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• New York State Issues Recommendations To Support Blended and Online Learning

  Online and blended learning programs can increase course options for students in rural areas and have the potential to transform face-to-face instruction, as long as state-level supports are in place, including professional development opportunities for teachers and related training for pre-service teachers, according to a new report from the New York State Online Learning Advisory Council.
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• New Hampshire Virtual School Sets up Learning Pathways

  An online charter school in New Hampshire is quintupling down on flexibility in how its students structure their learning.
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• New NEC Displays Can Control Multiple Monitors

  NEC Display Solutions has introduced two new displays that allow users to control as many as six displays at once.
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• Stanford Runs MOOC for Science Teachers on Helping Students Read

  Next week a new massive open online course will begin for K-12 science teachers who want to learn how to help their students read and understand scientific texts.
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