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The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books

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On this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we tell the story of this ambitious book-scanning effort that sparked an epic legal battle among publishers, authors and technologists. Schonfeld, co-author of the new book, “Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization.” So the way that folks discovered books was really different.

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10 Types of Digital Activities to Engage Teenagers

Teacher Reboot Camp

I began teaching teenagers in 2004 in Texas. My new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies with EdTech Missions , has 10 digital missions to help teachers support their teenage students in establishing their identities and defining their goals using technology and digital devices.

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Turnitin to Be Acquired by Advance Publications for $1.75B

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A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. He said Turnitin has been cashflow positive since 2004. It is only one of the companies in our broad and diverse portfolio of media, communications and technology assets.”

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Harnessing the Maker Spirit: Dale Dougherty’s New Book, ‘Free to Make’

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Makers are smart, cool and as individualistic as they come—and Dougherty relishes telling their stories in his new book, “Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs and Our Minds.” The book is colorful snapshot of the people, projects and spirit of what has become known as the “maker movement.”

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

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A friend recently read a 2004 Harvard Business School case study of Wireless Generation’s work in Montgomery County, Maryland, and responded: “Thanks! The State of the K-12 Sector The edtech boom of the past two decades promised efficacy and new instructional models. In some ways, Amplify has returned to its roots.

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Inside the $29M DonorsChoose Gift That's Making Teachers Very Happy

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According to DonorsChoose, the amount will cover 70,000 books, 15,000 art supplies and 6,200 pieces of lab equipment. “I They said thank you for Spanish-language books, science projects and entire class sets of Google Expeditions. When I first started teaching, all I had was books.

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How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year

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He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . Professor John Boyer teaches World Regions through his comic book alter ego. Understand how Boyer integrates technology into his course design. Every week there is a book reading quiz.

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