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Celly Launches New Service and Android App for Building Mobile Social Networks

Educational Technology Guy

It is free to use (standard text messaging rates apply though) and anyone with a mobile phone or access to the web can use it. The new service allows users to build instant mobile social networks, called "cells" using text messages, QR Codes, email, web or the new Android App. Today, Celly is announcing a new service.

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12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them. International Children’s Digital Library. Gutenberg Project. One More Story.

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How Augmented Reality Helps Teachers Reach More Students

Edsurge

AR can also create digital overlays on printed textbooks, allowing students to access additional content, such as videos or animations, with their mobile devices. You can just use your phone or any mobile device.” The McGraw Hill AR app is device-agnostic, meaning it works on Android or iOS.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them. International Children’s Digital Library. Gutenberg Project. Mighty Book.

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Solving Mysteries on Mars: TimePod AR – SULS0202

Shake Up Learning

It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. TimePod Adventures is an augmented reality mobile app available on iOS and Android devices. This back-to-school season, new curricula are available from partners including Discovery Education, McGraw Hill, and NYU. What is TimePod Adventures?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.)

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