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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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We also conducted multiple interviews using one-to-one and group video conferencing calls, which not only allowed us to see the candidate but also gave us a good indication of how tech-savvy they were. Tools Video communication and fully online, cloud-based tools are two critical requirements for distributed teams to operate effectively.

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Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

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The need for more practical and effective professional learning opportunities for teachers is especially important right now, with new academic standards being introduced and adapted in schools across the country. I am urgent when I watch videos or read about other teachers doing amazing work. But we’re not there yet.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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In a December 2016 letter by Clark County Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky to Kelly about the pilot program, Skorkowsky noted that students enjoyed lessons about data literacy from the product’s visualizations and about science from real-world case studies. Students also liked the avatar-based 3-D games. “I