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Google EDU Releases Expeditions and ‘Cast for Education’ Apps, Introduces Quizzes to Google Forms

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widely accessible VR is a chance to dramatically scale experiential learning.". Shrom also shares that he and his team are continuing to create more Expeditions through partnerships with Getty Images, Associated Press, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Curious about virtual reality? Read below. The Expeditions App—For Everyone.

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

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This technology allows students and staff to access multiple applications and resources with a single username and password. Our district uses a wide variety of technology—MAC, PC, iPads, Android tablets, Chromebooks, cell phones—which can be a challenge for IT departments and teachers. Plus, we’re a BYOD environment.

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WHAT’S NEW

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BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

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Make the Most of Your Budget with These Great Products: Makerspace Product Roundup 2018

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Compatibility: SAM Labs products work in conjunction with the SAM Space app, available for iOS 9+ tablets, Windows 10, and Android 4.4+. Compatibility: The app requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS 7+ or Android 4.3+ Phiro Pro is compatible with Phiro Code (Android 4.4 that supports Bluetooth 4 and higher.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Google’s press release : “ Google and Bertelsmann launch mobile digital skills initiatives with Udacity – 10,000 Android scholarships available for EU developers.” ” Udacity has announced a “the Associate Android Developer Fast Track,” to help people get their Android certification.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Speaking of Blackboard , here’s a press release about Blackboard Classroom: “New Solution from Blackboard Helps K–12 School Districts Make Learning More Engaging, Personalized and Accessible.” Android apps to be specific. ” “ TRUSTe ’s Opt Out Is a Cynical Joke,” says Bill Fitzgerald.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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