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9 Tips Every Teacher should Know about Google Scholar

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google Scholar is definitely a great academic search engine for research students and academics. You can for instance, choose a date range between 2008-2009 and Google Scholar will only return scholarly papers published during this time frame. To learn more about Google Scholar, check out its Help page.

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Can These New Colleges Help Solve Higher Education’s Equity Problem?

Edsurge

By definition, that orientation will lead an organization into initiating new approaches.” For those who believe public universities should help spur social mobility, this is a dream prospect. And lastly, as the hybrid college ecosystem of providers emerge, the field should resist settling on one model or definition. Next Steps.

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Technology I use on a Daily Basis - 2016 Version

Educational Technology Guy

I use it as a mobile hotspot for my Chromebook while traveling too. I've definitely changed with the apps I use and have less hardware. It's also durable, as I've dropped it a few times and it's still here. My work smartphone is a Samsung Galaxy 7 which I use when traveling. I like it, but I like LG's software and screen size better.

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When the children leave: What’s left after a mass exodus of young people from Puerto Rico?

The Hechinger Report

The activists here are part of a growing group of residents mobilizing to turn the empty schools littered across the island into community centers. In 2009 Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez was a middle school theater teacher in Puerto Rico. Photo: Ankur Singh for The Hechinger Report. It was insane.”. It was just not going to happen.

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Sharing Conference Notes with the World -- Awesome!

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

photo © 2009 Wesley Fryer | more info (via: Wylio ) From iPad to blog post -- I * love * this idea of sharing conference notes with the world via the iPad! And yes, I definitely will be following you on Twitter! (??? ? ) @mauilibrarian2 This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda. conferences iPad mobile devices'

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4Cs Series: Creativity

EdTechTeam

There are a lot of definitions of creativity in the education world today. After doing a lot of research, it was my colleague, Sergio Villegas who gave me a simple and useful definition that I love: “Creativity means creating or making a change to something that improves that thing for someone else.” What is Creativity in Education?

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5 Considerations for Using Electronic Books in Schools

The 21st Century Principal

of total US book sales in 2009 to 5% of the market in first quarter of 2010.” Now that they are firmly established in the consumer sector, electronic books are beginning to demonstrate capabilities that challenge the very definition of reading. This is not surprising since more and more people are turning to reading electronic books.