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Chalkable - educational apps and classroom management system

Educational Technology Guy

It is also a learning platform, providing a calendar, messaging, grade book, and attendance for teachers and students to use. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. Chalkable is a site that lists the best education apps in one place and lets you buy it through the Chalkable site. Teacher and Administrator versions are in Beta and free.

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The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2020

Shake Up Learning

25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do. Take your Google skills to the next level and learn why I call Google Slides the Swiss Army Knife of Google! The Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students. 70+ Apps That Integrate with Google Classroom. Listen to Part 1 of this article.

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Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof's Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model

Edsurge

That’s a stark departure from the age-old textbook model, which gave students the option of buying a used copy, renting a book or borrowing one if they didn’t want to fork over the money for a new one. On Amazon, the book alone sells for $148 without the MindTap software. I’m so tired of spending just pointless money.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies). If so, what are they?

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FREE PD for Teachers Stuck at Home

Shake Up Learning

The Complete Guide to Google Certifications – Learn all about the certification options and what it takes to get there. Google Docs Cheat Sheet for Teachers and Students – VERY USEFUL! Google Keep Cheat Sheet for Teachers and Students – Learn about this robust tool! Grab a FREE Template. Watch a FREE Webinar.

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Bankers, Buyers and Warriors: Reporter’s Notebook From the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

Edsurge

YET GOOGLE STILL REIGNS: In April, Education Week asked roughly 1,000 K-12 teachers and administrators : “Imagine that you have been asked to hire one of the following companies to help improve student achievement in your school district. And G Suite for Education and Google Classroom far outpace Microsoft’s offerings (68 to 17 percent).

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The Top 20 Podcast Episodes

Shake Up Learning

You can listen to the podcast using your favorite podcast app, like Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , or Stitcher. Not only has this episode been around the longest, but it is also jam-packed with tips from my book, Shake Up Learning. How to Create Drag and Drop Activities in Google Slides (e27).

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