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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

And in this environment, the education industry sees an unprecedented transformation due in part to a new industrial revolution. During the past decade, we have seen only the beginning of changes in the education industry. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

In his latest EdSurge column , Michael Horn laid out how Google Maps offers an aspirational metaphor for what the future of educational tools could look like. Today, Google Maps is an open ecosystem for accurate, real-time geospatial and navigation data.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. " says Google Family Link manager Saurabh Sharma.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. 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. And “free” doesn’t last. 3D Printing. I know, I know.

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In 2019, What’s REALLY the Definition of a Teacher?

EdNews Daily

Causing others to know something is, in fact, at the core of every single industry. It’s librarians that are supposed to curate and guide further studies and deeper dives or sideways jumps to secondary topics. Denying that to students in the age of Uber, Amazon, Google and more seems sort of an awkward and wrong-headed thing to do.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

How : Google Slides, PPT, Buncee , Thinglink , Genially , Canva School librarians can create choice boards aligned with different ability levels, and students can choose according to how they feel comfortable. Handbooks can summarize library services, events calendars, and important updates. Holzweiss asked.

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We Ask Teachers: How Has Edtech Made a Difference in Your Classroom?

Edsurge

Using the audio meter on the camera and waveform in our editing software, the students knew exactly where to make edits, and at times were more precise with their sound editing than my more “able-bodied” students. Alice Keeler ( @alicekeeler ), Google Certified Teacher, Author of 50 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom.

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