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The iPad Loophole

The Electric Educator

The trouble stems from Apps that, instead of storing their help documentation locally on the device, pull in their help documentation from the web. Some apps featured only small help screens, while others, such as the Google Earth App, featured a full screen web browser. Thanks for subscribing to my blog. Apple ios ipad security'

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. The company claims its business will focus on problems in STEM and academia. There’s little precedent for any of these experiments.

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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. Google Drive (Collaborative Writing). Google Drive – My students get to choose what they will use for word processing and collaboration. They usually open a Google Doc and add collaborators and they are off to go. Very cool tool.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Despite all the investment and marketing surrounding CS and STEM education, the results – enrollments and graduation rates – have been mixed at best.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” – “ China’s STEM learning industry may reach $15 billion by 2020.” Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.” Via Buzzfeed : “ Google , Apple , Uber , IBM Say They Would Not Help Build A Muslim Registry.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.”