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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology. Given the surge in Smart Classroom technology requirements, the demands on these IT professionals gets ratcheted up ever further.

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Reliable Turnitin alternatives for K12

Ask a Tech Teacher

This process can definitely take a lot of time without optimizing anything. This service offers to detect plagiarism and paraphrased content in more than 100 languages, which is definitely a plus. The website claims to have advanced machine learning technologies, however, Copyleaks “keeps” your texts after checking them.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Are any education technologies, for that matter? But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms.

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Strategies and Tools to Improve Student Behavior and Engagement – SULS0175

Shake Up Learning

Shawn utilized Moodle as a way to encourage students to provide support and help on assignments. At a time when many teachers have been drowned in technology, Kasey asks why use an app to manage face-to-face relationships. Shawn explains that Classcraft is one of those technologies that exists and gets out of the way.

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How to Unleash the Potential of Every Child

The CoolCatTeacher

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. It may be not full of earthly riches, but definitely full of meaning and full of legacy. Students just turn in work.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

It doesn’t matter because the changes to higher education are happening because of economics, demographics and, most of all, technology. There is a deep and vested interest in maintaining the course as the definitive container for learning. Canvas and Moodle will continue to make inroads. I’m sure we will. On-campus Edtech.

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Not Just About Students: The Importance of Personalizing Learning for Teachers

Edsurge

The target goals were to provide project-based, blended learning opportunities for teaching staff to—first off—gain tools which are useful when incorporating technology in the classroom. Specifically, this looked like: Establishing definitions and elements of Project/Problem Based Learning and Authentic, Active Learning Experiences.