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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides. by EZ EdTech!

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

Our higher education system formed around libraries. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014.

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Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

Edsurge

These include: EMC School , a developer of language-learning materials; Paradigm Education Solutions , a suite of print and digital materials for healthcare and computer software literacy (think Excel and Quickbooks); and JIST Career Solutions , a library of career and life-coaching workbooks and videos.

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Meet the 5 Education Technology Startups From Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Class

Edsurge

Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Its graduates have gone on to raise more than $13 billion in total.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - GlobalEdCon Details! - What Is Success? - Library 2.014 Submission Deadline Approaches

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Our vision is to build sustainable libraries and support their custodians and advocates — librarians.

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Technology in the Classroom: The Complete Guide

ViewSonic Education

Then you won’t want to miss the advantages (and disadvantages) to modern EdTech. 2005 – Learning Management System (LMS) takes off as a viable teaching tool. Click here for a more complete timeline on the history of EdTech. Take a brief look at the history of technology’s uneasy relationship with education. Smartphones.

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My Edublog Nomiations 2011

The Daring Librarian

Daring School Library Edublog ! Best individual blog Librarian by Day by Bobbi Newman fellow Libary Journal Mover & Shaker Bobbi Newman always has interesting information to share and a unique voice in the EdTech Librarian world! Best librarian / library blog - Adventures of Library Girl. I also like #EdChat a LOT!