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Teaching Python: How Children Can Learn Python Programming

The CoolCatTeacher

Receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. She got started with integrating technology in the classroom in 2003 and dabbled with app design in File Maker and HTML. Kelly has a Masters in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology.

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Rethink Education, Southern New Hampshire University Launch $15M Edtech Seed Fund

Edsurge

Both SNHU and Rethink will take equity in the companies. The conversation leading to the partnership, according to SNHU President Paul LeBlanc, was raised during a university board meeting in October. The group has invested in 30 edtech companies since its launch in 2012, mostly through Series A and B rounds.

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Maximizing COVID Relief Funding and Its Effectiveness

edWeb.net

This approach can be especially important when afterschool and summer school programs are being integrated with classroom instruction during the regular school day, and when funds are being used to meet the unique needs of English learners and other students with special learning requirements. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Boxlight.

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Who Should Bear the Cost of Data Interoperability in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. The company agreed—and made it happen. So in 2018, when Empower was pressured by a large district customer to support a different open data standard— IMS Global’s OneRoster—the company was reluctant. Why Support SIF?

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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

These days, using multimedia tools is a foregone conclusion for the well-resourced teacher; technology is enabling greater interactivity and engagement between students as well as with the information they are required to learn. Launched in 2003, by San Francisco-based Linden Labs, Second Life is a comparative dinosaur in Internet Years.

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6 tips for making educational travel attainable for all students

eSchool News

Olson, PhD, researcher and teacher at West Leadership Academy, Denver Public Schools, presented with Carylann Assante, CAE, executive director of SYTA and the SYTA Youth Foundation, in “ How We Helped 800 Students Participate in Educational Travel: Proven Tools and Tips.” Hold meetings for families. Look beyond base prices.

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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

For two years we’ve had sort of a petri dish of experimenting with learning online,” said Anant Agarwal, chief platform officer of the online program management company 2U and former CEO of edX, the online provider created by MIT and Harvard and sold last year to 2U for $800 million. Related: How higher education lost its shine.