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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. The craft videos are part of the Chattanooga Public Libraries’ summer program for kids, called Make. And we put it on YouTube to make it as easy as possible to access.” .

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Viral School Videos. Schools recorded elaborate lip-sync videos.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via NPR : “ Texas High Schools To Require Police Interaction Education Video.” SNHU and LRNG are merging “to Create ‘ WeWork for Education ’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses.” Video streaming site Cheddar has acquired Rate My Professors. They Kept Children in Them Anyway.”