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ReadWorks Review for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

ReadWorks Student Library The purpose behind ReadWorks Students Library is to foster independent reading by providing students with quality materials that they can read at their own pace without worrying about assessment. Student library is a feature included with the class setup.

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OPINION: Ask not what can be done with a humanities degree

The Hechinger Report

They opened opportunities for economic and social mobility and moved my parents’ generation beyond the experiences of their grandparents and great-grandparents, many of whom, as first- and second-generation immigrants to this country in the nineteenth century, started their working lives as farmers or day laborers.

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Monitor Ports and USB-C: A Comparison of Display Connections

ViewSonic Education

As technology has advanced, smaller versions of HDMI cables, usually called Micro or Mini, were invented to accommodate our mobile devices and tablets, but the standard size is pretty big as far as modern cables go. The post Monitor Ports and USB-C: A Comparison of Display Connections appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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Does Anki work (and is it worth the hype)?

Brainscape

Community Contributions : Anki has a vast library of user-created decks and cards that you can download to augment your learning. And so does Brainscape ’s mobile app 😉) Free (mostly) : Anki is free to use on most web platforms, which is great for cash-strapped students.

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The best numbers & math apps for preschoolers

Brainscape

Now, the reason we love these numbers apps is because they provide a structured, yet entertaining and effective way for kids to become fluent in the concept of numbers, counting, comparisons, and values, while engaging them with games and rewards to motivate their learning. If only there were such apps around when WE were in school, right?

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Critical Thinking Means Finding Nuggets of Truth in Mountains of Misinformation

Edsurge

Here’s what Ryan Hunt, cofounder of Canada’s first mobile makerspace—the MakerBus—had to say. "Oh, In light of this, my education hope for 2017 is that educators (whether in schools, libraries, homes, or the community) will focus on developing, sharpening, and celebrating critical thinking skills and critical engagement with data.

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Plagiarism Checkers: Changing the Writing Process

PlagiarismCheck

Just as computers replaced typewriters and Internet searches replaced trips to the library, plagiarism checking has changed the writing process, once again by significantly improving it. Authorship checking (prevent ghost writing) and comparison of students’ works among themselves. Merging academic integrity and technology.

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