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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

Google Cardboard. Google Cardboard was the result of a 36-hour hackathon by Google’s education team, where staff were tasked with finding ways to boost student engagement. The cardboard goggles when combined with an Android phone, preloaded with any of Google’s Cardboard apps, are a simple way to bring classroom lessons to life.

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The future of intelligence

Learning with 'e's

He argues that we are becoming more creative and have the potential for endless cognitive gain as a result of increased access to these technologies. In his seminal work, Natural Born Cyborgs (2003), Clark sees a future that combines the best features of human and machine, where we literally wear or physically internalise our technologies.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Teacher, Teach Thyself! Free Quality PD Resources

EdTechSandyK

The site is a little hard to navigate in my opinion, but worth it when you find the software instructions you are looking for. TeachParentsTech.org - [link] This site is created by Google employees who want to help a more mature generation of tech users get their bearings in the world of technology.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

TAL Education Group , which began as a solo tutoring operation in 2003 and has since grown into a publicly-traded empire, boasting $620 million in revenue in 2015 from a network of over 300 brick-and-mortar tutoring centers. tech company has a Chinese analog: for every Amazon there’s an Alibaba; for every Google, a Baidu. “I

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Why teacher-authors don’t give everything away free (& neither should you)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This means I had to look for and purchase attractive fonts, graphics, and clip art, and buy software, programs, and tools beyond Microsoft Word in order to make the covers (and of course, to make the resources themselves more modern-looking and engaging for students.) . The podcast and blog is something that I love to produce.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

million people since 2003.” Google) biotech company, Calico. “ Coding Boot Camps Attract Tech Companies,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story that contains this gem: Google , which has hired workers from Flatiron and other academies, recently studied the efficacy of coding camps. Nice job there, Googler.).

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