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This Teacher’s Uber-Style App Feeds Hungry College Students

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Chin went on to do just that, using his software development skills to create an application that would connect hungry students with classmates who had extra meal swipes. He uses his experience as a reference point to teach software engineers to be more “socially minded.” The meals are not “donations” or “leftovers.”

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2018)

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Folks still retyped the press releases Google issued and retyped the press releases Facebook issued, lauding these companies’ (and their founders’) efforts to reshape the curriculum and reshape the classroom. . “The human brain must be made to conform to the much more advanced brain of the machine,” Ellul writes.

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

For example, those with IEPs or 504s that include seating accommodations; however for most students I just assign their seats randomly (often just clicking the “randomize” button on my school’s rostering software, and then manually moving individual students as needed per specific learning plans).

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The Dialogue Surrounding Dyslexia: Five Important Takeaways

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With help from the Strategic Alternative Learning Technique (SALT) Center’s educational technology coordinator, Mary Beth Foster, we discovered that among the best tech tools for dyslexics are: * Kurzweil software, featuring Texthelp Read and Write. Google Chrome’s VoiceNote and Read and Write. Livescribe Smartpen. From Devon M.

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Learning Revolution - Education Films - Why Hitting 50K G+ Comunity Members Is Sad - New Public Calendars - Occupy Your Brain

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our Google+ Community is about to hit 50,000 members. Our Google+ community will probably hit 50,000 members today. Spread the word about World Read Aloud Day on social media to help us grow the movement. Education Revolution Google+ Community A path toward understanding of mathematical concepts. See my rant below.

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Memory Machines: Learning, Knowing, and Technological Change

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Buying hardware and buying software does not make you or your students or your institutions forward-thinking. This data comes from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos, purchase transaction records, and cell phone GPS signals to name a few.

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What Makes a Good Edtech Tool Great?

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We’ve seen the market fluctuate dramatically, as early iPad-dominated classrooms gave way to the rise of Google. The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. No more bulky software”).

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