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Google, Major Teacher Network Partner to Share Digital Resources, Lessons

Marketplace K-12

For its part, Google also announced that it would open up access to Google Expeditions, the app that houses a series of virtual reality “field trips” designed for K-12 classrooms. The company has also developed Blendspace, a software product which helps teachers create and market digital lesson plans.

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

Edsurge

Zeal, which attempted to bring on-demand tutoring to classrooms, shut down earlier this year. Curriculet, which offered a digital library of reading materials and assessments, briefly closed shop before it was acquired by the nonprofit Waterford Institute. Blendspace was purchased by TES. Blendspace (TES Global).

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Webinar: Using EdTech to Supercharge Student Inquiry and Multimedia Literacy Skills

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This webinar will address how edtech tools like Blendspace and TES can: Help you and your students become more transliterate Foster inquiry based learning Support standards-aligned approaches to 21st century learning SIGN UP FOR THE WEBINAR HERE (FREE) Laura Beltchenko is a 34-year veteran educator.

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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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2015 Global Education Conference - Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Erica Magnusson, Content Analyst, TES Global Encounters: Connecting Classrooms to Address the World's Great Challenges. Alba Silvana Salica 8:00 AM Chinese Culture University-Eastern Connecticut State University global connections: First year college students collaboration - David L.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Ed AFS-USA's Intercultural Learning eTool: Culture Trek: Classroom Connections / Tonya Muro, Ed.D., Granger MA Connecting Classrooms via Global Collaborative Projects / Kim Caise, NBCT, M.Ed. / Klees, Professor of International Education Policy / Carol Anne Spreen A Global Shift in Mindset: How to develop innovative leaders?

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Teacher Play – 6 Apps to Explore This Summer

Fractus Learning

To personalize the modern-looking templates, you can use images from their library or upload your own images. If you use videos to flip your classroom (or even if you don’t), then Zaption might make your job easier. Blendspace (web). Google Classroom (web, iOs, Android). Zaption (web).