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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

Edsurge

Research databases, including Google Scholar, ResearchGate and JSTOR can serve as resources for peer-reviewed studies. We also suggest emailing researchers for access to journal articles that are behind paywalls. We also suggest emailing researchers for access to journal articles that are behind paywalls. (If

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Groundbreaking Educational Video Conferencing Platform InSpace Raises $6M in Seed Funding

eSchool News

Participants can use Google docs, Miro board and other tools to collaborate without leaving InSpace. Custom rates are available for enterprise-level groups with up to 50 participants per space and an unlimited number of hosts. As participants zoom out, they can see the entire space, which provides visual social cues.

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

The CoolCatTeacher

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. For some hardware, districts can comparison shop. Many school districts said they did not attempt to negotiate prices with Apple.

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How to pass the WSET Diploma D3 exam on the Wines of the World

Brainscape

Affectionately dubbed the “Mother-of-all exams” by some wine nerds, the WSET Diploma’s third module (D3) on the principal still wines of the world is the Olympus Mons of the WSET solar system, making the other modules look like mildly inflamed pimples in comparison. What happens next?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. .” The Department of Education’s press release has more. 56% are white.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. Hayden is the first new librarian of Congress since 1987,” The New York Times observed at her swearing in in September, “and brings with her another generation’s ideas about accessibility, technology and the role that libraries play in society.”