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Why Should Students and Publishers Adapt eBooks in STEM Learning

Kitaboo on EdTech

In this blog we will look at how educational publishers and students can benefit by creating and using eBooks for STEM learning. Advantages of STEM-based eBooks for students in STEM Learning: 1. Digital Libraries Offer Additional Learning Resources. Active Learning with Interactive Elements. Download Now!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ProPublica looks at age discrimination at IBM , worth considering I think as part of a larger industry worship of youth and “ innovation ”: “Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM.”

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Reading Students Through a Tech Lens

edWeb.net

The answer to these questions is yes, so said educational leaders and edtech specialists in an edLeader Panel, sponsored by Gaggle and CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate. Dr. Neufeld left the private industry to work for Fresno State with 25,000+ students, and then Fresno Unified with 72,000 students.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Purdue App Puts Learning Data into Students’ Hands.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. Accelerate Learning has raised $10 million from Owl Ventures. Its Crunchbase description is great : “TX-based edtech company.” Good grief. million total. “Investors Put $2.3M

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries , a well-known opponent of government spending on things like public education (among other things). Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.”

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