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Instructor Spotlight: Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

His career in education began teaching high school social studies in two public school districts in Connecticut. Before joining EdTechTeacher, Tom served as Digital Learning Director for the Bristol Warren Regional School District, leading their Future Ready Educational Technology initiative and 1-1 device program.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Not yet convinced?

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. As the site increased in popularity it caught the eye of Bill Gates and Google with an end result being over 4 million in funding. As a tool Khan Academy will benefit educators, students, and parents in a quest for knowledge, practice, and reinforcement.

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Google Offers Free Cloud Access to Colleges, Plays Catch Up to Amazon, Microsoft

Edsurge

Google in June announced an. education grant offering free credits for its cloud platform, with no credit card required, unlimited access to its suite of tools and training resources. Google Cloud launched in 2011, but has caught up to competitors to. Google breaking in? . Google Cloud’s grant will allow U.S.

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CheckMark v1.0

EdTechTeam

We’ve added Google Drive sync. Once you authenticate, CheckMark will save your comments to your Google Drive. And be sure to follow the Product Development Facebook page for details on cool software! New Google Chrome extension streamlines digital grading for teachers. You can even add another row of comments if you like.

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Are Free Educational Videos Worth It?

myViewBoard

Quick take: Find out how most teachers are finding their educational videos for their lessons and the 5 problems that come from using free resources: Advertisements. Free educational videos are the mainstay of teachers using videos in their lessons but are they worth the trouble? How teachers find free educational video resources.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers say cries of teacher shortages are overblown

The Hechinger Report

But education researchers who study the teaching profession say the threat is exaggerated. Department of Education released a national survey of more than 800 schools on Aug. Imagine that Google decided to expand its ranks of computer programmers. Many teachers go into special education but soon quit the classroom.

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