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Infographic: How Do Professors Use Social Media? - 1 views

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Interestingly demonstrating a shift of professor's point of view on social media from time consuming to educational.

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What Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media - 0 views

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About what social media can be used for in schools and how districts that block SNS block ability to learn from said sites.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">About what social media can be used for in schools and how districts that block SNS block ability to learn from said sites.</div>

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A "Consumer Reports" for Ed-Tech? - 0 views

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Does Ed Tech Need it's Own Consumer Reports? Interesting article about creating a evaluation system for ed tech called EDU Star

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Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction - 1 views

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Heather French on 03 Dec 12

Great article originally posted by Lindsey Dunn on the discussion boar, about what children can do with technology. Is this the major difference that needs to be made in OLPC in order for it to be successful?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Great article originally posted by Lindsey Dunn on the discussion boar, about what children can do with technology. Is this the major difference that needs to be made in OLPC in order for it to be successful?</div>

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Article on Rugged Taplets for OLPC that Lindsey Dunn posted on the discussion board - 7 views

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One Laptop Per Child Debuts Rugged Tablet for Students in the Developing World - 0 views

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Pearson talks mobile disruption in education, games and publishing - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...le-disruption-education-gaming

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"The revolution in education is not something that's going to happen tomorrow. It's starting to happen quite a while ago, when in Nigeria and Kenya kids in schools would use their mobile phones to subscribe to information," says Alina Vandenberghe, head of mobile and gaming at Pearson.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The revolution in education is not something that's going to happen tomorrow. It's starting to happen quite a while ago, when in Nigeria and Kenya kids in schools would use their mobile phones to subscribe to information," says Alina Vandenberghe, head of mobile and gaming at Pearson.</div>

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How a British school successfully integrated technology - 1 views

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2U creates online undergraduate school program with leading universities - 2 views

www.edsurge.com/...gram-with-leading-universities

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A new "Semester Online" program is being tried and tested by ten universities.

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Is Technology Helping or Hurting Our Kids' Education? - 3 views

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Samsung Reveals S-Pen-Toting Windows 8 Tablet-Laptop Hybrids - 1 views

www.wired.com/...samsung-windows-8-hybrids

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I wonder how well it will cover the gap between tablet and laptop.

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George Lucas is donating 4 Billion dollars to education - 1 views

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George Lucas sold Lucasfilm LTD (which produced Star Wars) to Disney and is planning to donate the whole of the sum to education.

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iLearn II: An Analysis of the Education Category of Apple's App Store - 0 views

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Documentation of results of an analysis of Apple's Education section of the App Store, with a focus on understanding market dynamics, opportunities that are emerging in the educational apps market, and areas of innovation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Documentation of results of an analysis of Apple's Education section of the App Store, with a focus on understanding market dynamics, opportunities that are emerging in the educational apps market, and areas of innovation.</div>

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They explained it twice and I still don't get it - 0 views

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An unfortunate article about student understanding in which the author thinks the only solution is a private tutor. How can we address this through technology? What technologies can change this issue in the classroom? How can we offer students personalized help?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An unfortunate article about student understanding in which the author thinks the only solution is a private tutor. How can we address this through technology? What technologies can change this issue in the classroom? How can we offer students personalized help?</div>

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Ed Tech Makes Consumer Electronics Association's Top 5 Trends - 0 views

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The Flip: End of a Love Affair - 4 views

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Heather French on 14 Oct 12

Really good article about one teacher's experience with a flipped classroom, why she stopped using that model and how the idea of flipping made her a better teacher.

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Computer Science Unplugged - 1 views

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Kinesthetic activities to explain computer science concepts. Activities to teach kids computer science without a computer.

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Field Trip AR app for Android - 0 views

www.android4schools.com/...nformation-to-your-field-trips

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shared by Heather French on 01 Oct 12 - No Cached

Heather French on 01 Oct 12

Very relevant after today's class.

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Claco: part online filing part social network for teachers - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...share-lesson-resources-on.html

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Interesting platform for sharing lesson plans and networking for teachers.

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Join the Dream Team | LearnZillion - 0 views

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A Kahn Academy style teacher training video website

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