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Best Second Jobs for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Chegg Tutors : Chegg is a popular platform that connects students to tutors in a wide range of subjects. Digital Interactive Resources: With online learning becoming more popular, digital resources that can be used on platforms like Google Classroom are in high demand. Upwork : And of course, Upwork!

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The 2018 EdSurde Annual Special: Surgecoin, EduWands and Other News Not Fit for Print

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Chegg appears to have borrowed a page from Duolingo’s previous shenanigan for the Osmosis Pillow , which takes “memory foam” to another level. No courses. Students are virtually beamed onboard a cruise via a robot, which has a screen and camera to give students at home a sense that they are roaming around the ship. No classes.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” If you Google him, you might surmise there’s a lot more going on here than just textbook sales.). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Despite the headlines , Google Duplex did not defeat “the Turing Test.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The New York Times : New York governor “ Cuomo to Give Colleges $7 Million for Courses in Prisons.” ” Testing, Testing… The Chronicle of Higher Education reads “New Venture Will Offer Free Courses That Students Can Take for College Credit.” ” The Google Memo. ” More via Wired.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Rafter, a course material provider that was an early advocate of and provider for this bundling of textbooks and tuition, closed its doors in 2016 , having raised more than $86 million.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Gizmodo : “‘Bro Culture’ Led to Repeated Sexual Harassment , Former Google Engineer’s Lawsuit Says.” ” Another Google lawsuit, as reported by Ars Technica : “Ex-Google recruiter : I was fired because I resisted ‘illegal’ diversity efforts.”