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Five Takeaways from #TheFutureOfEducation Discussion

Bill Rice

Technology's becoming a stronger force in some classrooms.Teachers are tweeting. Students skim textbooks on iPads. Two Ohio superintendents even recently traveled to Washington D.C. to talk tech with President Obama.Experts say technology can help students reach higher levels of educational success--and earlier this week, Civic Commons ideastream hosted a panel discussionto find out how a handful of technology leaders have attempted to do that within their own organizations.Guests included the National Laboratory for Education Transformation's president Gordon Freedman, Mentor Public Schools' superintendent Matthew Miller and district science department coordinator Amy Roediger, along with Gooru founder Prasad Ram.Here's a quick timeline of some of the tweets illustrating a few of the major themes of the discussion. You can follow along with more of the event's conversation by searching under the Twitter hashtag #FutureOfEducation.