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How educators can make use of edtech into the classroom

Neo LMS

Google Expeditions , Discovery VR or NYTVR are just a few examples that allow that to happen. Smart speakers like Google Home , Amazon’s Echo Dot or Apple’s HomePod find their way into more and more households. We all know the blackboard, as well as its more modern counterpart, the whiteboard. Smart speakers. Smart boards.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

One of our portfolio companies LearnPlatform publishes a regular “ Edtech Top 40 ” list of the most used edtech products in K12 schools nationwide: perhaps unsurprisingly, Google products take 8 of the top 10 spots. When I started my first edtech business in 1998, our competitor Blackboard had less than 10 employees and customers.

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Week of August 22nd, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Meet the ATLAST Explore participants and start networking using Google+. Thanks so much for being a part of this community!

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The Importance of eBooks in a Flipped Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

Related: How to Create STEM Courses for Best Learning Outcomes. If students are learning at home, it makes them more comfortable to learn, read, re-watch a video lecture or even initiate a Google search to better understand a concept. Student Controlled Learning : Every student has her own speed and method of learning.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

Ask a Tech Teacher

Once teachers are comfortable managing class activities in the cloud, move to the next step: Make lesson plans available in one central, easy-to-reach location such as the free Wikispaces or fee-based Blackboard. Options include WordPress, Kidblog, Wix, and Google’s Blogger. When lesson plan resources (i.e., CK-12 Flexbooks.

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Week of June 27, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). link] STEM FESTIVALS ( Host Your Own Webinar Series ) Tue 28 Jun 01:00PM New York / Tue 28 Jun 05:00PM GMT / Wed 29 Jun 03:00AM Sydney Mary Henton.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

After winning the $500 prize last year, I purchased an XYZ 3D printer to integrate STEM into my classroom. The online survey is facilitated by Project Tomorrow and supported by many of our nation’s most innovative companies, foundations and nonprofit organizations including Blackboard, Inc., Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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