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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

Edsurge

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. My former company, Big Universe ( now acquired ) was a fully-virtual operation. We were small, but often credited for operating like a nimble, large company.

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Kids Don’t Always Believe in Climate Science. Are Schools Miseducating Them?

Edsurge

For the book, she tracked what schools in each state are actually teaching about climate science, and uncovered the watered-down standards and outright climate change denial adopted by some states, as well as a well-funded campaign of misinformation spearheaded by fossil fuel companies.

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Why Do Some Schools Get Better Quickly and Others Get Stuck?

Edsurge

We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now. And I had a really entrepreneurial colleague named Tom Daccord, and we started this company called EdTechTeacher that did consulting for schools that were making big technology purchases.

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Awesome Feedback Tools, AI, and a Little Inspiration from FETC – SULS0186

Shake Up Learning

Google Comments Mote ScreenPal Edulastic Flip Voicethread Talk & Comment Padlet Taut Floop Kami Parlay BoomCards Within any of the G Suite apps, it’s possible to leave a comment feedback, but rather than just typing a message share a video, slide deck, or any information that helps them to make an improvement.

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As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options

Edsurge

Meanwhile, a major provider of free online educational resources for those learning to code announced new paid options that company leaders hope will make its business sustainable. The company claims 45 million people have registered to use its free materials. The company has raised $42.5 million since it started in 2011.)

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Announcing the "AI and Libraries" Mini-Conference from Library 2.0

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Craddock has conducted seminars at the White House, the Bay Area MakerFaire, and South Carolina Association of School Libraries. Building the highly successful TechConnect program, Dr. McNeil has established partnerships with Apple, Spotify, Google, and Microsoft to name a few. is the librarian at the Community Lab Schools.

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OPINION: As students return to campus, higher ed must build on what we learned during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

In addition to using technology to enhance classes and seminars, colleges can use it more broadly to address traditional problems like student preparation, degree completion and transition to jobs. At Occidental College in California, President Harry Elam Jr. These methods are effective, as my own research on pandemic pedagogy shows.