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#Supermuch teaching in the classroom and online

The CoolCatTeacher

In early 2012, my district decided to bring a 1:1 mobile device initiative to the middle school students and I was fortunate enough to get a cart of iPads in my classroom. I was lucky enough to be offered the position, and I left my classroom March of 2012. I am passionate about technology and its effects on teaching and learning.

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Making a Global Impact in Education: An Interview with Karl Mehta, CEO of EdCast

EdNews Daily

In 2012, the White House chose me to be a Presidential Innovation Fellow. The platform is built for social media, therefore, users can like, share and comment on articles. Yes, EdCast is also built for institutions, organizations and companies. We lead the way in Social Collaborative Learning (SCL).

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How the ‘Contract Cheating’ Industry Has Gotten More Aggressive in Recruiting Students

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While companies that offer to sell students “custom term papers” are nothing new, college leaders say that the shadowy industry has become more aggressive at recruiting students as customers, using a mix of social media, direct email and even parties. Dave Tomar agrees—and he should know. But it is very much out in the open.

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ClassDojo - free classroom behavior system - announces iOS apps.

Educational Technology Guy

The platform has seen incredible viral growth with 20 thousand new teachers adopting the platform each month, as teachers spread ClassDojo by word-of-mouth and through social media channels. ClassDojo is free for teachers, and the company is dedicated to keeping it that way. To date, over 3.5 Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Unintended Consequences: How Gates Foundation Money Steered Uversity Into Trouble

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This article, “ Unintended Consequences ,” was first published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 Jamie Glenn, chief executive of a once-hot social media startup, was between a rock and a hard place. International License. Uversity’s pipeline was thin.

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Celly Launches New Service and Android App for Building Mobile Social Networks

Educational Technology Guy

The new service enables real world groups to instantly self-organize into mobile social networks, called “cells”, using text messaging, QR code, email, or web. The company also announced today availability of the Celly Android App for free download on Google Play. “We or ‘what did I miss in class?’ if they were out sick.

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Output or compliance?

The Principal of Change

This article from the New York Times, “ I’m Not Texting, I’m Taking Notes “, is pretty interesting. He refers to himself as a “digital native”, and acknowledges this is a norm for him and his friends, while not perhaps the norm for others in the company. The ending (spoiler alert!):

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