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Chromebooks, Chrome Web Store, and Add-Ons

wwwatanabe

There''s a lot more to Chromebooks and Google than meets the eye! I''ve been learning as much as I can about Chromebooks, the Chrome Web Store, and Add-Ons since we are a Google Apps for Education district and have Chromebooks as our One-to-One devices at our high school, and have many carts at our other campuses.

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Chromebook or Tablet for the Classroom? Finding the Best of Both Worlds

EdTechTeam

Whether game based learning is a regular part of your class time, or a good option for early finishers and free time, it is growing in popularity as more and more apps and software rush to meet the demand. Want to learn more about using Chromebooks in the Classroom ? The post Chromebook or Tablet for the Classroom?

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

She has been instrumental in the design of software using artificial intelligence for data-driven decisions in all content areas and the suite of services to facilitate the implementation of those products. Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning Unboxing the Lenovo Flex 5i: The Best Chromebook.

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Classroom 3.0 – Distance and Hybrid Learning made Easy

myViewBoard

Classroom works from most web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Opera) for most devices (Windows, Linux, Chromebook, Mac, Android, iPad OS, iOS). We understand educators don’t have time to experiment with and learn complex software, so we’ve kept Classroom as close to the real thing as possible.

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As COVID relief spending deadlines loom, one district moves ahead with an uncommon tech plan

eSchool News

30 deadline to commit dollars from the second of three stimulus packages — and a year later, another deadline to spend the third, largest, and final installment of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, the unprecedented federal infusion of money to help schools recover from COVID.

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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

Edsurge

MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. We’ve seen the most interest in SaaS (software-as-a-service) models where the product is complementary to an existing platform.”.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.