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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

Edsurge

And now that Reach Capital is done fundraising, it will return its focus to evaluating pitches from education entrepreneurs, all vying for a piece of Reach’s new $82 million fund. based firm has established itself as a familiar name within the education technology industry. In total, this first fund supported 35 investments.

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10 New Ideas for Creating Literacy Centers – From Beth Holland

EdTechTeacher

Assessing Fluency. I have always loved Kristen Wideen’s Fluency Station for its simplicity of set up as well as the powerful way in which she has her students self-assess their reading. With her activity, shown below, students use AudioBoo (now AudioBoom ) to record and self-assess their reading. Image Credit; Kristen Wideen.

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2015 Global Education Conference - Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, November 18th, is day three of the sixth annual Global Education Conference. Thomas Petra ‏ @ RealWorldMath 6h 6 hours ago Day 2 of the Global Educ Conference. We've had two great days of sessions and keynotes, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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The 2015 Global Education Conference Starts Today - All Online - Full Session Listing - Join Us!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend! A full listing of sessions is below.

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Teacher Play – 6 Apps to Explore This Summer

Fractus Learning

Devoting a few rainy afternoons to “teacher play” can pay off big in the fall: you can update your curricula or even develop new activities and assessments, and you can also test-drive apps to determine which ones would work well for your students to use. Blendspace (web). Google Classroom (web, iOs, Android).

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Favorite Tech Tools For Social Studies Classes

MindShift

Educators are looking for ways to help students participate in a digital world, but the choices for digital engagement in the classroom can be overwhelming. Every educator in the digital world needs a bookmarking tool to help keep track of resources, ideas and sources for students.

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