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Walmart Chooses Three Colleges Where Its Employees Can Study For $1 a Day

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The move was the latest salvo in what is becoming an arms race by large retail chains to offer education benefits. Sean Gallagher, founder and executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, sees it as part of a “competition for talent” at a time of low unemployment.

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Do School Districts Need Their Own Data Centers Anymore?

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E-rate no longer pays for servers either. They are moving to Google Apps and Chromebooks (and moving all files to Drive) and are moving to have Pearson host PowerSchool instead of hosting themselves. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Google Apps, Evernote, Edmodo, and more are all web based.

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What Separates a Good Blended Learning Program From a Bad One?

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This also means being mindful of students with special needs, and students without access to digital resources at home. The Bad As mentioned at the beginning of this article, “blended learning” may be one of the most misused terms in education.

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Can the ‘Netflix For Textbooks’ Model Actually Improve Access?

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The latest player to jump in is Pearson, which released Pearson Plus over the summer as a “pay-as-you-go” alternative to traditional textbooks. Subscribers to Pearson Plus pay $9.99 per month for one access to one digital textbook or $14.99 Users also get access to audiobook versions of their texts?available

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. In it''s second year, this amazing five-day, 24-hour-a-day event helps educators and students connect with each other and with global education programs all over the world. Last year we had presentations from 62 countries.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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AI ART Bootcamp for Teachers and Librarians: An Online Course on AI Art-Making Tools, Techniques, and Creativity

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange) : Multiple individual registrations from the same organization paid together: $149 each for 3+ registrations. Includes unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year.

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