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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

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And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Can Online Education Lower Costs and Improve Quality?

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EdSurge connected with Cavanagh (online of course) to talk about what he has learned from all those podcast chats, and about how his sidegig as a detective novelist shapes his work in campus innovation. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This involves recognizing, respecting, and using students’ cultural backgrounds and experiences as conduits for effective teaching and learning. But culture is an elusive concept and mandates a definition here. 8) But what’s the relation between culture and teaching, one might ask?

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43 Apps, Games, and Websites Transforming This Year's Classrooms

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But just how effective are these tools at helping students learn? Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. DreamBox Learning Math. Google Classroom. Imagine Math.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.

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43 Apps, Games, and Websites Transforming This Year's Classrooms

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But just how effective are these tools at helping students learn? Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Popular games, big names get kids and teachers pumped to program Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. DreamBox Learning Math.

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43 Apps, Games, and Websites Transforming This Year's Classrooms

Graphite Blog

But just how effective are these tools at helping students learn? Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Popular games, big names get kids and teachers pumped to program Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. DreamBox Learning Math.