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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). The social media platform became a resource when I was running on empty.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education to Acquire DreamBox Learning? 

eSchool News

DreamBox Learning was founded in 2006 with the mission to transform the way the world learns through our pioneering intelligent adaptive learning technology, and today’s announcement represents a significant next step to achieving that mission. More information is available at www.clearlake.com and on Twitter @Clearlake.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. Unported License.

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Math Expert Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell Endorses Hand2Mind’S Hands-On Standards

eSchool News

Now available in both classroom and at-home learning solutions, students can enjoy step-by-step, photo-illustrated guides as well as follow along with physical tools and manipulatives that help them seamlessly transition from the concrete to abstract math concepts. ABOUT hand2mind. At hand2mind, we believe children learn best by doing.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires DoodleLearning

eSchool News

For more information about Discovery Education’s award-winning digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com , and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn. . Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires Pivot Interactives

eSchool News

Through our acquisition of Pivot Interactives, Discovery Education is now better positioned to broaden our impact by providing our partner school systems access to phenomena-based, active learning tools.”. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Explore the future of education at www.discoveryeducation.com. .

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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Product Review: Features, Lesson Plan Ideas, and Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple to use video creation tool that includes powerful camera features, video editing, and publishing features. It syncs and works on all platforms.

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