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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Innovative Interactive Presentation Tools to Bring Your Classroom to Life by Bryan Miller Interactive response systems have evolved from the formal clickers, to now operating on mobile devices. Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices.

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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

MindShift

Reader Pants,” reports a 36% increase after she genrefied a middle school library in Fort Worth, Texas in 2011. In a popular 2013 article Jocelyn Sams elaborated, “I have a full schedule of classes on most days, and I don’t have an assistant. That’s a move others who genrefy say better aligns libraries with the Common Core curriculum.

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It all started in a German castle: How wilderness programs shape some urban schools

The Hechinger Report

A 2013 Mathematica Policy Research study of several EL middle schools found that after three years the EL students had made significant gains in reading and math compared to other middle school students. Related: Common Core standards shake up the education business. There are few numbers detailing EL schools’ performance.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

The Common Core State Standards. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. Mobile Learning. The Business of Ed-tech. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Competencies and Certificates. Data and Privacy. The Indie Web. Social Justice. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Pokémon Go generated more than $160 million by the end of July, hitting $600 million in revenue within its first 90 days on the market – the fastest mobile game to do so. .”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

The Common Core State Standards. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. Mobile Learning. The Business of Ed-tech. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Competencies and Certificates. Data and Privacy. The Indie Web. Social Justice. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs.

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