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Instructor Spotlight: Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

Did you know that… Tom’s wife is an amazing educator (High School Science 🔬) in RI, and they have two children (Blake & Lydia) that spend most of their weekends in a gym or on a field of some sort… 🤸‍♀️️⚽️ Tom was captain of Vassar College’s NCAA basketball team in 2006-2007.

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

Edsurge

Google in June announced an. Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services both offer education programs, and now Google Cloud wants a part in shaping future computer scientists — and probably whatever they come up with using the tool. “We Google Cloud launched in 2011, but has caught up to competitors to. Google breaking in? .

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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. Dismissive at first, he then began to create video tutorials that were uploaded to YouTube.

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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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PROOF POINTS: Researchers say cries of teacher shortages are overblown

The Hechinger Report

The rate of teachers quitting and retiring from the profession, according to Goldhaber’s calculations in one state, Washington, was about 11 percent in 2020-21 – actually a smidge lower than it was in 2006-07, another year of high turnover when a strong job market lured educators away. Most departures were filled with new hires.

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Repost: How I coined the term ‘open source’

Iterating Toward Openness

Over the weekend Christine Peterson published an essay on opensource.com describing the emergence of the ideas behind “open source software” and how she coined the name twenty years ago. In a few days, on February 3, the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the term “ open source software ” is upon us.

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Are Free Educational Videos Worth It?

myViewBoard

The majority of teachers who responded to our survey reported they tend to search for videos online using search engines such as YouTube (83%) and Google (61%). Although it is easy to search for content on any topic conceivable on YouTube and Google these videos come with difficulties over content quality and relevance.

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