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5 Recent Advances in Educational Technology - guest post

Educational Technology Guy

5 Recent Advances in Educational Technology Imagine going to school without getting out of bed. Educational technology seems to be progressing at warp speed, with new advances emerging every single day. No longer is forgetting a homework assignment even possible with this relatively new cloud computing technology.

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Some ideas for Course Management Systems and Apps

Educational Technology Guy

Here is my old classroom site and Physics blog as an example: https://sites.google.com/site/dandradeedusite/Home [link] I also know some teachers who use Google+ as their CMS using Circles and posting resources and announcements there and most teachers are now using Google Drive in some way to host files and share them.

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New Mexico’s Carlsbad Municipal Schools Expands Relationship with Discovery Education to Support STEM Education

techlearning

New Mexico’s Carlsbad Municipal Schools (CMS) announced today it is expanding its partnership with Discovery Education for 3 more years to support a new K-12 STEM strategy set for implementation in 10 district schools. In addition to STEM Connect, CMS will soon launch the STEM Leader Corp capacity building model.

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Colleges Face Investigations Over Whether Their Use of Social Media Follows Accessibility Regulations

Edsurge

As a result, colleges are rolling out social media accessibility standards and training communications staff members to take advantage of built-in accessibility tools in platforms including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Yet suggestions and trainings may not go far enough.

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5 Companies to Watch in 2011

The Electric Educator

Note: This is the first of my series "5 things to watch in 2011" Future installments will include: Five people to follow in 2011 Five trends to watch in 2011 Five technologies to watch in 2011 Five blogs to read in 2011 The folks over at Prezi continue to make their presentation product more and more compelling. 5 things to watch'

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Thank You, Common Sense Ambassadors!

Graphite Blog

We want to support top educators in the field who are furthering our mission to help students harness the potential of technology for learning and life. This superstar group consisted of 48 percent classroom teachers, 50 percent technology and resource personnel, and 2 percent administrators.

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Classroom centers to support learning

Kathy Schrock

For a technology-based center, consider including a video overview of the instructions which includes a transcript to support both accessibility options and the visual learner. With the infusion of technology into the classroom, the pendulum then moved to “computer learning centers” which were totally digital experiences. kathyskatch.