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iPad Magic: 6 Ideas Every iPad Teacher Needs to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

You also can hold down “e” or “n” to get accented characters. Finally, my Zoe can type her name the way that it’s supposed to be typed, because it had an accent on the “e”. You probably won’t need it until you say, “Oh, I need an accented ‘e’…” So then hold down the “e’ and see what’s there. Vicki: Awww… Yeah.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

Edsurge

In our first installment of this podcast series last month, I shared the scene from a digital media course where I saw students watching sports highlights on YouTube during a lecture, shopping for beds on Facebook marketplace and playing video games on their iPhones as the professor did his thing on stage.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

Who could have known that Steve Jobs would have introduced the iPhone only ten years later? So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K. But there are companies out there who are working on this right now and I think we will get there. A basic browser.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. Oh, and unroll.me If not, why not?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. Oh, and unroll.me If not, why not?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” ” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center. Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” SoFi is the ed-tech company that has raised the most venture capital. And more on who’s buying student loan companies in the “business of ed-tech” section below. ” More via Buzzfeed. The Business of Student Loans.