Jessica Powell-Allbright

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Google’s State & Community Impact Project

By Jessica Powell-Allbright / August 29, 2021

friEdTechnology is proud to be a part of the Google State & Community Impact Project, serving educators from all around the country to participate in no-cost professional development designed to help them build their digital toolkits as they work to effectively integrate technology into their K-12 classrooms. The project involves synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities…

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friEdTechnology’s Newsela Partnership

By Jessica Powell-Allbright / August 29, 2021

In August of 2019, the friEdTechnology team entered into a partnership with Newsela, one of our favorite EdTech companies. Newsela has a single goal: Meaningful classroom learning for every student. Like friEdTechnology, they strive to provide engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. With nearly two million teachers signed up, Newsela…

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Google Product Development Webinars

By Jessica Powell-Allbright / August 29, 2021

In mid 2020 and early 2021, Google for Education launched a litany of product updates to meet the ever evolving needs of the virtual and blended classrooms. As with any major product roll outs, communication was vital for users to feel comfortable and excited about changes made to their favorite classroom tools. Enter friEdTechnology. Amy…

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