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The power of ed-tech in the developing world

Neo LMS

We focus a lot on the K-12 system of the United States in our blog , and I thought it would be fun and interesting to explore how countries in the developing world are facing their specific educational challenges with blended learning models. Zaya Learning Labs. This is on top of the $3.5 Descomplica.

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15 Non-librarian blog(ger)s too good to miss!

NeverEndingSearch

As often as not, those blogs live outside of the school library world. Since 2013, Jennifer Gonzales has been regularly blowing my mind with her thoughtful blend of effective classroom strategies and what’s new on the horizon that you can use in your classroom or library tomorrow. by Jennifer Gonzales. we have failed.

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How m-learning is transforming online education

Neo LMS

According to one recent study conducted by Pew Research Center , nearly 77% of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind – up from just 35% a few years ago, in 2011. billion smartphones worldwide as of 2016 – a number that is expected to climb to 2.5 More than that, there were 2.1 billion by as soon as 2019.

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

We live in a world where our library begins with G,” Wineburg said, for Google, and the Common Core’s push for evidence-based reasoning falls flat if students trust everything that pops up in their Google search results. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. They have to learn early.”. GREELEY, Colo.

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

Thanks to a relatively new state policy, all spring Clarke went to the school library during second period for an online sociology class. “It When Utah passed the law creating a Course Access program in 2011, school districts panicked over what it would do to their budgets. “We They want them at school learning.