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Mathieu Plourde

The Amplify Tablet: A Device Custom Made For Teachers And Students - 0 views

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    "You may be thinking 'why do we need another tablet - there are already too many!' You're not wrong. But there are some notable features that are pretty interesting. Basically, the Amplify tablet is specifically built for classrooms."
Mathieu Plourde

News Corp.'s $1 Billion Plan to Overhaul Education Is Riddled With Failures - Bloomberg... - 0 views

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    "By the end of June, Murdoch's News Corp. will have invested more than $1 billion in Amplify, its division that makes the tablets, sells an online curriculum and offers testing services. Amplify, which never set a timetable for turning a profit, has yet to do so. It reported a $193 million loss last year, and its annual revenue represented only about 1 percent of News Corp.'s sales of $8.6 billion."
Mathieu Plourde

Mind Amplifier: Howard Rheingold And The Value Of Convivial Tools - 0 views

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    "Rheingold writes that "only a fraction of those who have access to networked mind-amplifiers know how to use them convivially." I asked him if he could give a contemporary example of an online community whose members have a high degree of convivial literacy?  "Any disease support community is a place of deep bonds and empathy, and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of them," Rheingold replied."
Mathieu Plourde

Amplify's Joel Klein Talks Tablets, Big Data, and Disappearing Textbooks - 0 views

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    What happens to the printed book in the 1-to-1 classroom? Klein: I think the printed textbook should be given a respectful and decent burial. I think it should be gone... There is no reason you can't give kids a digitized version of the textbook. I actually think the textbook itself is going to become anachronistic. The teaching experience that has curriculum and textbook elements integrated is the way of the future.
Mathieu Plourde

20 LinkedIn Mistakes to Avoid - 1 views

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    "One of those social media networks that multiplies mistakes as well as amplifying your connections and content is LinkedIn. With the recent opening up of its "publishing platform" to all of its members, the rising importance of Linkedin is now even more evident. With Linkedin's membership now passing 300 million professionals, not looking like a "dork" is important in front of that size crowd."
Mathieu Plourde

Introduction to Mind Amplifiers - 0 views

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    "A five week course using asynchronous forums, blogs, wikis, mindmaps, social bookmarks, synchronous audio, video, chat, and Twitter Limited to 30 learners"
Mathieu Plourde

The Twitter-Informed Parent: Finding Ideas, Advice and Support Online - 0 views

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    "Now, there are more than 70 education-related chats on Twitter (see a list here, from retired teacher and librarian Jerry Blumengarten, @cybraryman1), like #ccss (Common Core State Standards), #mathchat and #gtchat (gifted and talented)-not to mention parenting chats. While principals like Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_principal) and Joe Mazza (@joe_mazza) are leading a movement to use Twitter for teacher professional development and family engagement, Twitter has also become a rich environment where parents form valuable bonds with one another, regardless of geographic or other boundaries."
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