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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. Provide Access to K-12 Libraries. Instead of buying ten different supplementary learning materials for different subjects, students can make use of K-12 libraries, where all learning resources are stored. WANT TO KNOW HOW KITABOO WORKS?

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Comparing spaced repetition algorithms

Brainscape

Spaced repetition as a product For this reason, dedicated web and mobile SRS apps have independently evolved, to supplement larger all-in-one digital curricula whose spaced repetition flexibility falls short.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?” The Wall Street Journal predicts “The End of Typing: The Next Billion Mobile Users Will Rely on Video and Voice.” Wired argues that “ Jeff Bezos Should Put His Billions Into Libraries.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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