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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

Chromebook Idea Spark #1: Personalized Story Telling with Book Creator. Overview : “Teach students how to maximize their creativity by turning them into creators as they write, illustrate, and verbalize their own stories. Students need a platform to show who they are as authors. Assist students through immediate feedback.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. “ Gates Foundation CEO Admits Underestimating Common-Core Challenges.” Upgrades and Downgrades.