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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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What that metaverse will look like is still a bit vague, but the company gave some hints in prepared statements and in an hour-long video it released. In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion. And he is targeting education as one key part of that vision.

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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

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During Engineers Week, engineering societies, universities, companies, and other organizations organize workshops, competitions, seminars, outreach programs to schools, career fairs, and networking events. Look for her next prehistoric fiction, Endangered Species, Winter 2024

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Book Creator for Chrome: Product Review, Tips and Tricks for Teachers

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Sponsored by Book Creator, All Opinions My Own From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Post sponsored by Book Creator. Right now, my students are creating books about their heroes.

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Unlock Your Second Brain: A Guide to Choosing the Best Digital Notetaking App

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YouTube Video - Unlock Your Second Brain: A Guide to Choosing the Best Digital Notetaking App 10 Minute Teacher Podcast - Audio Podcast - Episode 836 Stream by clicking here. Every time I try to leave it, I end up back in January 2023, it was acquired by a company called Bending Spoons, a very reputable software company out of Europe.

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Podcast: Your Child Learns Differently, Now What? with Roger Stark

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Roger Stark is CEO of BrainWare Learning Company and, along with award-winning educator Betsy Hill, is co-author of the book Your Child Learns Differently, Now What?: The Truth for Parents. with Roger Stark first appeared on EdNews Daily.

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From Challenge to Triumph: The Learning Pit Concept Explained

The CoolCatTeacher

His twelfth book, Teach Brilliantly, published last month shows how to create optimal conditions in which all students can thrive. Teachers can introduce the Learning Pit to students through resources like the learningpit.org website and Nottingham's book, Teach Brilliantly. I'm definitely going to dig into that video.

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Books to Africa and A Personal Transformation to a Global Educator

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Julie Hembree and her students are sending Books to Africa. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. I use this tool when students are making Scratch video games for them to record their games and explain their scripts. But that’s not all. Listen Now.

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