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CSI: Salinas

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

A student''s smartphone or tablet does not have to just be used for a special occasion in the classroom. The final group portfolio would be posted on Edmodo and as part of their online participation grade, students would comment on each of the groups'' portfolios.

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What U.S. Companies Should Know About Asia's Edtech Market

Edsurge

The only school I interviewed that is equipped with high-speed internet and 1:1 tablets is an all-boys private boarding school located in the outskirts of Tokyo. When I asked my friend Jose who teaches there how he uses the tablets, he said he only uses them occasionally to share notes. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Learning Revolution - Week's Free Events - Reinventing the Classroom - Library 2.014 - The Real 1:1 - Reclaim Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Geo-educators can join the community through a variety of online platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and the secure educator site, Edmodo ( www.geo-educatorcommunity.org ). The Common Core State Standards require students to think critically and be effective consumers and producers of information and media.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Charles, IL Common Sense Media - 1-to-1 Essentials: A Roadmap for Schools , Learn about Common Sense Media’s 1-to-1 Essentials Program, a roadmap for schools implementing 1-to-1 tablets. Click here to register. This session guides participants through three phases of 1-to-1 planning: Envision, Communicate, and Implement.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. For a time, Edmodo was quite the ed-tech industry darling.

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