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5 #GR8Finds #ThisWeek 04.10.15: Google Field Trips to Science Museums, LinkedIn to buy Lynda.com, 25 Google Search Shortcuts, Kids Summer Reading List 0-YA

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

LinkedIn to buy Lynda.com. The power of Google Maps and Social Media #WeAreMaunaKea How powerful is this? GR8Finds #This Week #WeAreMaunaKea field trips Google Maps Google search LinkedIn Lynda.com summer reading' My list is very v-e-r-r-r-y selective --my own crème de la crème curation. h/t +Kyle Pace 2. Interesting!

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LinkedIn’s New Learning Platform to Recommend Lynda Courses for Professionals

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Today the social media site for professionals. If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. LinkedIn loves to learn. billion , that’s because it is.

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LinkedIn spends $1 billion on education company to improve skill training

eSchool News

LinkedIn to acquire lynda.com to better connect the global workforce, says company. Through a subscription to lynda.com’s service, individual members and organizations have access to a collection of courses taught by what the company says are industry experts, offered in various languages.

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Forbes’ 2018 ‘30 Under 30’ Came Early This Year. Here’s Who Made the Education List.

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Many of the creative types honored are using social media to reach large numbers of students and education influencers. Prince Ea , 29) has created videos that have received about a billion views across social media, where he showcases his spoken word poetry on topics such as social justice and education.

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Reid Hoffman Challenges Universities to Embrace the ‘Network Effect’

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It’s a fitting message from the man who started the world’s largest social media network for professionals. Last week LinkedIn launched a new platform to connect professionals to Lynda.com courses that are relevant to their careers.

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The iPad Loophole

The Electric Educator

Grace to you Billy Graham Touch Bible Logos study bible Powerone calculator Loan calculator Halftone Doodle buddy Showme Google Earth Screenchomp italk Christianity Today Word reference lynda.com PBS super 8 Words with friends It''s unfortunate that security and safety frequently conflict with creativity and learning.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.”