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Pear Deck Raises $4M to Jazz Up Digital Presentations in the Classroom

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Founded in 2014, Pear Deck lets teachers create and share multimedia-rich digital presentations, which students can access on their devices and respond to through text, drawings and other interactive features. Haiku Learning, in turn, was bought by Powerschool in 2016.) The Iowa City-based startup has now raised $5.2

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From Tech Newbie to Ninja to Sensei

Teacher Reboot Camp

Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers and Learning to Go. Develop a Professional/Personal/Passionate Learning Network (PLNs). Discover which tools and apps your students already have access to or know how to use by surveying them. Send your student ninjas on learning missions with technology. Enjoyed these ideas?

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PowerSchool Buys Chalkable, Tops $200 Million in Acquisition Spending

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The once venerable publisher axed several high-profile (and profitable) businesses in the Financial Times and The Economist as part of efforts to transform itself into a digital learning business. The sale gives PowerSchool access to Chalkable’s clientele of 1,100 U.S. school districts. Chalkable was formerly called STI, a Mobile, Ala.-based

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

As I was reading The Teacher’s Guide to Tech last week, I realized that it had been a while since I’d shared my own favorite edtech tools. Haiku Learning (my LMS). Haiku Learning is my Learning Management system. Haiku Learning is the tool I use to blend my classroom. is so simple.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “For-profit Ashford University , facing loss of access to GI Bill benefits by month’s end, needs approval from a state to stop thousands of student veterans from losing aid.” Microsoft has released an early access version of its Minecraft : Education Edition. ” asks Education Dive.