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3 Strategies to Engage Students Remotely with StudySync Using Google Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Teachers using StudySync can use the Access Prior Knowledge Activities in the First Read Lessons to engage students in asynchronous online discussions using Google Classroom or a learning management system, like Schoology. Is the website affiliated with a company or organization? If so, could that create bias?

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A New Endeavor (#TSETC)

A Principal's Reflections

As a result, I have seen my own knowledge increase in these areas, participated in exciting professional development opportunities, presented at both my school and at other events on web 2.0, A few weeks ago Schoology , an educational technology company based in New York City, approached me and wanted to hear my views on technology.

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US Edtech Closes Decade with Record $1.7 Billion Raised in 2019

Edsurge

According to an EdSurge database of publicly announced funding deals, investment in edtech companies reached at least $1.66 based education companies that raised a round of at least $250,000. Companies that primarily offer financial and loan services that serve education as one of many markets were also not included.

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How Middle School Obsessions Can Shape Career Paths.

Edsurge

Preparation for the Big Day We had about five weeks to plan our sessions for the conference, so all of the organizers collaborated to pull everything together on time and to support our team of seven students built their presentations. They decided as a group to collaborate on a shared Google Slide presentation.

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Discovery Education Announces Latest Enhancements to Award-Winning K-12 Learning Platform

eSchool News

Studio—Discovery Education’s creative lesson-building and presentation tool—empowers educators to quickly modify a ready-to-use activity, create a lesson from a template using proven education strategies, or construct a new digital lesson from scratch. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Getting Girls into STEM: The Power of Blended (and All-Female) Instruction

Edsurge

Many flip lessons , using videos, websites, and digital presentations rather than traditional lectures. We turned to Padlet for collaborative, online work, FaceTime and Google Hangouts for discussions, and Schoology for sharing video and audio assessments. It hasn't been easy, but the efforts are worth it.

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Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership

eSchool News

Through expanded partnerships with Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, and Clever, integrating Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform into existing IT architecture is easier than ever. “At Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., said Superintendent Chad Shealy.