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Blackboard Co-Founder: ‘4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed’

Edsurge

To mark the 20th anniversary of Blackboard, one of the first LMSes, the company’s co-founder, Matthew Pittinsky, wrote an epic blog post about the company’s history, which includes his advice for today’s edtech leaders. At Blackboard we packaged learning management into three tiers. But we’d say no.

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

You don’t need to be an expert in the Blackboard Collaborate platform to help (we give you training and then live help at the time), but it makes a HUGE different to presenters to have a moderator helper in their session rooms, and we try to make sure there is one for every session! Principal, St. Barrios, Ed.D.; Beebe, Ph.D.,

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2016 Global Education Conference - Monday Is Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

1:00pm KEYNOTE: Karen Blumberg, Karen Kirsch Page, + Kevin Baloyi - "EdTech Summit Africa" 2:00pm Global Citizenship Professional Development for K-12 Teachers - Mabel Bashorun Join MY HERO to Inspire, Connect and EMPOWER students to become Global and Active Citizens using our Multi-Media Tools!

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2016 Global Education Conference - Monday Is Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

1:00pm KEYNOTE: Karen Blumberg, Karen Kirsch Page, + Kevin Baloyi - "EdTech Summit Africa" 2:00pm Global Citizenship Professional Development for K-12 Teachers - Mabel Bashorun Join MY HERO to Inspire, Connect and EMPOWER students to become Global and Active Citizens using our Multi-Media Tools!

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Classroom Design Trends: Update Classroom Layout to Boost Engagement

ViewSonic Education

The blackboard or overhead projector for the teacher at the front of the room. In a case study published by Edutopia , the author highlights the key benefits of versatility in classroom layouts. EdTech for 21 st Century Classroom Design. We’ve come a long way since the humble blackboard.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Associate Professor of Biology A Case Study in Science and Engineering Job Shadowing in High School - Ann Gaudino, Ed.D. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others!

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

Edsurge

For this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we connected with Green to find out what she learned about the school, about why some edtech experts are concerned about the amount of time its students are spending in VR, and about how the high-tech experiment fits within broader debates about the future of public education.