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EdmodoCon 2013 Guest Post #7: L. Neumann from SWEDEN!

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Lotta has been using Edmodo since May 2012, and really appreciates "the global teachers'' lounge" that Edmodo creates. Here is her recap of Edmodocon 2013: In Sweden Edmodo Con started at 4pm. I even said my thank yous and goodbyes in the backchannel group on Edmodo, and got some friendly waves back.

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SimCityEDU sets middle school students to work on a “Pollution Challenge”

Educator Innovator

is intended to act as a powerful teaching tool for educators, integrating learning and assessment aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards in the same experience. It was established in 2012 with $10.3M This education-focused version, SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!, and Catherine T.

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The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 and the Discovery Educator Network. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time. This is a free event, with a focus on inclusion and participation--all are welcome!

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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 an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

Hack Education

In 2012, I chose “the platforming of education” as one of the “top ed-tech trends.” I wondered briefly last year if we were seeing a failure in education platforms – or at least, a failure to fulfill some of the wild promises that investors and entrepreneurs were making back in 2012.

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