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What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?

Edsurge

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries.

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002. She holds multiple technology certifications, including, but not limited to, IC3 certification, Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Apple Teacher 2016, and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer and Expert.

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Google Adds New Classroom Features. Use Them Responsibly.

techlearning

All the MCU fans out there know that this phrase was first used in the 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 issue and then later by Uncle Ben in the 2002 Spiderman movie. Haynes from the public library of Boston in 1879: The possession of great powers and capacity for good implies equally great responsibilities in their employment. Yeah, I get it.

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Impero Software Announces New Version of its Flagship Product ? Impero Education Pro ? at ISTE 2018

techlearning

The software has been updated to include a new mental health keyword library, google authentication, and improved scalability to support larger school districts, among other features. Founded in 2002, Impero software is now accessed by over 1.5 million devices in over 90 countries.

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5 Augmented and Virtual Reality Creation Tools for Students

Shake Up Learning

CoSpaces has a set of starter backgrounds and a rich library of characters and objects to build your scene. Have you experienced Google Expeditions? It is Google’s public version of a Google Expedition style creation tool. The highlight of this tool is the ability to obtain 360 images from the street view on Google maps.

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Wednesday's "Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning" Mini-Conference - New Sessions Added

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

A GUIDE TO SETTING UP YOUR SCHOOL WITH "GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION" 11:00 AM US-Eastern Daylight Time Click here to see the time in your own time zone To receive all of the benefits of Google G Suite for Education, you need to set up your school to be a "Google School".

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April 22 Learning Revolution Mini-Conference: Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning: Survive, Thrive, & Plan for What Comes Next

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

He writes and speaks about academic librarianship, learning technologies, library leadership, higher education, open and affordable learning, design thinking and user experience. He authored two regular columns for Library Journal Academic Newswire, "From the Bell Tower" and "Leading From the Library" from 2009 through 2019.