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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

techlearning

As tablets, Chromebooks, and other handheld devices are employed in classrooms, instruction relies more and more on apps instead of on traditional computer-based programs. Join us for What Ed Tech Apps Work Best for Learning? on Monday, November 5, 2018 12:00pm Pacific time, 3:00pm Eastern. Dr. Ryan S.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

" Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Tagged on: March 6, 2017 What Happens to Education Spending if the Budget Stays in a Holding Pattern | Education Week → A reminder that we still don't have a 2017 federal education budget approved by Congress, as we near the 2018 budget request.

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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. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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