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10 Great PowerPoint Changes You Probably Don’t Know About

Ask a Tech Teacher

This isn’t new to PowerPoint 2016, but if you haven’t upgraded in a while or simply didn’t know add-ins are available to Microsoft Office, you’ll love these. I’ve called out a few in this list (like Khan Academy and Mix) because they are exceptional. Khan Academy. Ink Equations.

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Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later

Edsurge

It became know as the flipped classroom—a modern, video-based version of a model pioneered by a handful of higher ed professors during the 1990s. A few years later, the concept lit up like rocket fuel thanks in part to the catchy name, along with fast-growing home internet connectivity and a shout-out in Sal Khan’s popular TED Talk.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

Blended learning and flipped classrooms. From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. In the 2016 Speak Up survey, 68% of teachers said they used online videos in 2015 – compared to 48% in 2010. Flipped Classroom. The evidence is in.

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Blended Learning Hype or Taking Us to New Heights?

The CoolCatTeacher

I have interviewed a thought leader from the Christensen Institute about the eight types of blended learning , shared my five essential, effective blended learning best practices , have given a webinar on blended learning best practices and led a panel at 2016 ISTE with blended learning thought leaders. There is flipped classroom.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

Stories From Previous Years: Here are some of the stories that got us to where we are today: The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2016. The Flipped Classroom. Khan Academy. You can receive updates from Hack Education via email if you prefer to read articles that way.). Wishful Thinking. The Politics of Education Technology.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. The Flipped Classroom. Khan Academy. Investment dollars were down, if nothing else. Text-messaging.

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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. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. The Flipped Classroom".

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