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Learning with Google: Announcements for 2021

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

It was a bit of an information blitz and I felt exhausted afterward trying to take notes and keep up. Hard to believe Docs and Drive started back in 2008. No more lost information from accidentally leaving the page, closing the tab, or losing your Internet connection. For more on Google and accessibility, check out this link.)

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What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?

Edsurge

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. A settlement that would have created a Book Rights Registry and made it possible to access the Google Books corpus through public-library terminals ultimately died, rejected by a federal judge in 2011.

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Thingiverse: Discover, Make, And Share 3D Printer Designs

TeachThought - Learn better.

What began in 2008 as a website exclusively for the burgeoning maker community has grown into a robust gateway to 3D printing and 3D design for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide including educators, professional engineers and designers. Find more information about Thingiverse. BROOKLYN , N.Y., million downloads per month.