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Learning First, Technology Second #motivationmonday

The CoolCatTeacher

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 I mean, I think people forget the greatest software every invented is the human brain.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Remember Edmodo? If so, what are they?

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

MOOCs are just one outcome of these and, in their current form, they are largely a transitory product of their time. I expect it will continue to grow very quickly in 2014 and to spread from its current focus in IT and software development education to other areas. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. What will be big in 2014?

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

MOOCs are just one outcome of these and, in their current form, they are largely a transitory product of their time. I expect it will continue to grow very quickly in 2014 and to spread from its current focus in IT and software development education to other areas. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. What will be big in 2014?

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Thousands of parents are enrolling their children in online preschool

The Hechinger Report

But most kindergarten-readiness and online preschool software is offered by for-profit companies. In 2008, the state’s legislature provided $2.5 State funding has increased steadily since 2008. Ohio Parent Jessica Aragon found UPSTART after searching Google for “online preschool.” Waterford’s UPSTART is free.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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