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20 Best Learning Apps for Kids

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Using this app, kids can explore outer space, meet some dinosaurs, build a robot, become a superhero, and more – all in one whimsical world full of Sago Mini friends. Khan Academy Kids is completely free—no ads or subscriptions necessary! Compatibility: Android/ iOS (iPhone, iPad); Price: Free 14.

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Guest post: 15 EdTech Resources to Use in Classroom

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Khan Academy. International Children’s Digital Library. Who doesn’t like robots and cartoons that teach us something? The Internet gives you opportunities to connect your students with classrooms from all around the world. It’s easy to connect with other educators through Facebook or LinkedIn.

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Unleash Student Creativity Through the Power of Video

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Educators around the world use video to teach kids about everything from robots to rainforests. The Art of Storytelling ,” a popular course offered by Khan Academy, describes the principles behind filmmaking as Film Grammar. Just like the printed word, video has both a receptive and productive component.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

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Khan Academy ? TI-NSpire CAS BLENDING THROUGH COLLABORATION PATCH has a lending library of tech awaiting learners’ eager hands. Absent students can join classrooms through robotic telepresence. myHomework student planner ? Desmos graphing calculator ? OverDrive ? PicCollage ? HP Reveal ? Elements 4D ?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Bookriot : “On Wednesday, August 23, the city council of Escondido, California voted, 3 to 2, to move forward with plans to hand their public library over to the private, for-profit company Library Systems and Services.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Guardian : “US library to enforce jail sentences for overdue books.” ” That’s the Athens-Limestone public library in Alabama (and that’s completely f *d up). .” Via Boston.com : “How a state senate primary became a charter school proxy war.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It It will be interesting to compare the success or failure of Khan Lab School with the failure of AltSchool. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total.