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EdTech Leaders Forecast 2017 Trends
Fifteen education-technology leaders look back on trends in 2016 to make predictions for 2017. Kelly Bielefeld, the principal at Clearwater Intermediate and Middle School in Kansas, writes about the staying power of whole-class learning. Educators and tech leaders look back on 2016; predict where edtech trends in teaching and learning will head this new year. […]![Trends Graphic Image for Lightspeed Technologies](https://lightspeed-tek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15-hot-edtech-trends-for-2017.png)
15 Hot EdTech Trends for 2017
Educators and tech leaders look back on 2016; predict where edtech trends in teaching and learning will head this new year. With every new year comes new ideas. To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 […]![Diverse students from an inclusive school](https://lightspeed-tek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/New-Elementary-School-is-a-Model-for-Inclusion.png)
New Elementary School is a Model for Inclusion
When students and staff at Nelson Place School in Worcester, Mass. move into their brand-new, $58 million building next fall, they'll find a number of innovative features designed to accommodate children with a wide range of challenges and abilities.![Teachering using Lightspeed Flexmike FMN while instructing their students](https://lightspeed-tek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/kids-teachers-connect-via-new-audio-tech.png)
Kids, Teachers Connect via New Audio Tech
by Michael Aushenker Call it state-of-the-art and a sign of the times. Mountain View Elementary School has adopted a Classroom Audio Technology, or CAT, the system where the teacher wears a microphone that projects his or her voice for all students to hear, even in a noisy classroom. “You put a microphone on a classroom teacher, […]![Diverse students in the classroom taking instruction from the teacher](https://lightspeed-tek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/at-cetpa-district-leaders-rethink-the-classroom-from-furniture-to-funding.png)