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Credential Blockchains Could Help Student Mobility. These 4 Efforts Explore How.

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Although research for the new report was largely conducted before the spread of COVID-19, its authors note that the pandemic will likely make learners even “more mobile, moving in and out of formal education as their job, health, and family situations change.” San Jose State Puts Blockchain on the Books How can libraries use ledgers?

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Top 5 Reasons Why Kids Should Learn Python

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Good Documentation, Community Support and a Big Network of Python Libraries : There is no dearth of guides and video tutorials for those working with Python. Plus, Python has several libraries that help minimise one’s time and effort during development. This makes it a highly versatile programming language.

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ASCD Unveils Witsby™, Its Next-Generation, Mobile OptimizedProfessional Learning Platform

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Created with input from instructional leaders, coaches, teachers and administrators, Witsby is the first on-demand, mobile-optimized platform that empowers district leaders to build meaningful learning journeys for teachers,” said Penny Reinart, ASCD Deputy Executive Director. Tracked and documented credentialing capabilities.

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9 Tips Every Teacher should Know about Google Scholar

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Besides searching for academic literature such as journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, reports.etc, Google Scholar also enables you to create your personal library where you can save and organize your materials. Google Scholar is definitely a great academic search engine for research students and academics.

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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

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If you are wondering how it works in practice, here’s a good example: Duolingo is a free mobile app that helps students to learn foreign languages. The same gamification principle counts for many other subjects and the corresponding mobile apps, making this learning strategy universal. Digital libraries. Robot teachers.

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Some Excellent Social Bookmarking Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

You can create as many binders as you want and in these online binders you can combine all of your cloud documents, website links and upload your desktop documents - then easily access, share, and update your binders from anywhere. Flipboard is available as a Chrome extension, a browser button, and a mobile app for iOS and Android.

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iCivics Offers Tons of Free Resources and Tools to Promote Civics Education

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This is where you, as a teacher, can access iCivics' entire library including: 1- Curriculum Units Curriculum units are digital and print resources designed specifically for use with high school and middle school students. These resources are accessible from the Teach hub and are organized by topic. These include: 1.

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