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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

Graphite Blog

Lesson plans and activities Applied Digital Skills (by Google): If you're a Google school, these useful lessons help students use Google tools to create both practical and creative projects. LinkedIn Learning : Formerly Lynda.com, LinkedIn Learning is a subscription-based site for courses in media production and beyond.

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

It also links with other tools we use like Trello, Google Docs, Dropbox, and more. I fired up a laptop, installed dropbox and was back writing within an hour. Google Drive (Collaborative Writing). Google Drive – My students get to choose what they will use for word processing and collaboration. No problem.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Techcrunch : “ Grasshopper , a learn-to-code app from Google ’s Area 120 incubator, goes live.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Udacity Offering 5,000 Scholarships for Nanodegree Programs.” Via Wired : “Ex-Google Executive Opens a School for AI , With China ’s Help.”