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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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Just Wanderful! Living Books Are Back!

The Daring Librarian

Not any of our iBooks, MacBook Pros, eMacs (2003), or brand spanking new iMacs. shakes fist in air in mock fury] So, sniffing a bit with nostalgic ennui, I Googled them and EUREKA! I am so happy to report a resounding YES! What nostalgic software would you like to see come back? That always got a giggle!)

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. Demand for these services run fierce; individual tutors report making as much as $8 million a year. tech company has a Chinese analog: for every Amazon there’s an Alibaba; for every Google, a Baidu. “I

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A New Model for OER Sustainability and Continuous Improvement

Iterating Toward Openness

(Longtime readers may recall that the research group I founded at Utah State University in 2003, the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities group, became The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning in 2005, which I directed until I moved to BYU.) The empirical work on the sustainability of open source software (e.g.,

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Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites

The Hechinger Report

Students have been blocked from going to websites that web-filtering software categorizes as “education,” “news,” or “informational.” Future-minded reporting Our free newsletter, Future of Learning, features innovative, original stories every other Wednesday. It kind of just takes that entire part of learning completely away.”

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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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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In 2003, before the existence of YouTube, she founded ProjectExplorer.org, a free multimedia website designed to educate primary and secondary school students about global issues and world cultures and histories. Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Innovator, and New Media Consortium K12 Ambassador. Founder of CoffeeEDU.