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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

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After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. UPCEA’s eDesign Collaborative ), I spent hours doing my own personal research on my university’s open access policy and scouring the library website. In 2013, Inside Higher Ed wrote an article about double-spending at universities.

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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

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The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. pic.twitter.com/4ZIax3aDBA. Matty Fox (@what2foxsay) June 28, 2016.

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

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Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

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Post the recession, states cut inflation-adjusted spending on K–12 education by approximately 4% between 2008 and 2013. Cengage recently introduced a new subscription model that gives students access to all of the company’s digital course materials for a semester or an year. Provide Access to K-12 Libraries.

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What Happened to Amazon Inspire, the Tech Giant’s Education Marketplace?

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Though users can give each item a star rating, the vast majority of resources in the collection have no ratings, since only a limited audience has access to the beta site. In 2013 it bought a math instruction company called TenMarks, which was co-founded by Agarwal. Inspire wasn’t Amazon’s first move into education.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

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What can be provided with low bandwidth and quick access limitations? Determine community Wifi access points that may be available still allowing for social distancing… parking lots for uploads and downloads, etc. Investigate possible home connect programs for students who do not have access. EDtech Top 50. 2017 STEM PBL.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

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The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas! We have an absolutely terrific lineup of keynote speakers.

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