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I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

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Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China. Tutoring companies have since formed and grown all over the world, from Eastern Europe to Canada, from the U.S.

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Kiddom’s Newest Feature–Lesson Launch

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In the past, I’ve written about many of Kiddom’s features–the Content Library , SEL Rubrics, its partnership with OUR Curricula Resources to name a few, One quality that has always stood out to me as I explore each of their new features is this company listens to customers and responds to their needs. What is Lesson Launch.

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Free STEM Curriculum Distance Learning Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Below are some free resources to inspire students to enhance their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills and also for Social and Emotional Learning.

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Airtame - wireless streaming with enterprise level controls

Educational Technology Guy

They are partnered with many other companies, including Google, Trello, Zoho and more to setup dashboards. For more information or to setup a demo: [link] [link]. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. You can share your screen from any device, on any platform.

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Free STEM Curriculum Distance Learning Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Below are some free resources to inspire students to enhance their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills and also for Social and Emotional Learning.

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Guest Post: Is Virtual Reality For Education All Hype?

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Companies have begun distributing smartphone-compatible cardboard VR sets in the US and organizing events and meetups for teachers. zSpace has been doing demos for teachers throughout the US where you can opt in at the nearest location. Depending on what you teach, you can choose a company that fits your lesson plan.

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Education Technology Vendors in Higher Ed: Friends or Foes?

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Company representatives are anathema to some, yet indispensable partners to others. So what makes a particular product or company more “trustworthy” than others? Below are a few higher-ed perspectives and suggestions on how companies can improve on these relationships. last month. in May 2017. See study report for details.).