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The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Edsurge

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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CDI’s Chromebook Division Reaches Milestone by Supporting more than 2,000 School and District Initiatives

techlearning

said Glenn Collins, vice president of mobile computing at CDI. “We We leverage this experience and work closely with Google to provide exceptional value for anyone wishing to maximize the impact of this technology in the classroom.” We found a good partner with CDI and are happy with how our initiative is going.” assets annually.

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Google+ Teacher Academy, Seattle!

The Daring Librarian

So.even though I''m very transparent about my practice and profession here and on the Twitters I kept pretty mum about the fact that I was applying to the Google Teacher Academy cause I guess I didn''t want to jinx it, humiliation, you know.the usual! teach Google? But I *have* been preaching the Google message since 2003.

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5 Technologies to Watch In 2011

The Electric Educator

HTML5 The development of HTML5 has been underway since 2004. Google Docs and Prezi are great, but are still not on equal footing with perennial favorites like MS Office. Innovations like the now-defunct Google Wave and newly released Chrome OS are helping improve cloud computing and have begun to make it a viable choice.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

Analysts say that this “degree inflation,” as they call it, has shrunk opportunities for upward mobility for Americans without four-year degrees. In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. “I’m

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) divides up the spectrum into allowable uses, such as for TV, radio, satellites and mobile data. With skyrocketing demand for bandwidth and mobile coverage, internet companies have been forking over millions of dollars for spectrum licenses when the FCC occasionally auctions them.

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Educational Christmas Resources for Teachers and Parents

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google Santa Tracker Google Santa Tracker is a platform developed by Google which allows people with Internet connection to track and find where Santa is. Since its launch in 2004, Google Santa Tracker has added a wide variety of interesting and fun features making it one of the best Santa trackers out there.

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