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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices. Learn about creating various kinds of codes and access to lots of QR code activities for all subjects and grade levels. Then consider coming to Mobile Learning Experience 2015 in Tucson, Arizona.

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Video Demos: How Minorities in Tech Can Inspire Students to Follow

MindShift

CodeNow, a nonprofit coding education organization founded in 2011, recently launched a YouTube channel of explainer videos starring students like Robinson and Boahen. The videos are short, usually under four minutes, and introduce basic concepts like GitHub and how to access it, variables, conditionals and looping. The Videos.

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How Classroom Political Discussions — Controversies, Too — Prepare Students for Needed Civic Participation

MindShift

In addition, the new millennium brought digital technology to debate topics and gave debaters greater access to information than ever before. Access to the internet made student arguments more nuanced and more complex, the depth of analysis more robust. Follow her on Twitter @hkorbey. .

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

As Kristina Rizga wrote in Mother Jones this year , In 2011, all federal funding for civics and social studies was eliminated. By comparison, just 19% of Democrats believe that colleges’ and universities’ effect is negative.). And Americans don’t just struggle with facts about science.