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# The SMART Blog: Resources to help educators connect in better ways

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# SMART's EdTech Blog: Helping educators worldwide connect in better ways with EdTech Solutions

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## Katie Novak

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"Let's spend less energy admiring the problems we are facing and more time creatively solving them together."

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