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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

As K–12 institutions digitally progress, slow data sharing between parents, teachers and administrators is leaving all players increasingly frustrated as they are forced to wait for important information sent through what is quickly becoming an outdated system. This is not just a hypothetical example. by Eli Zimmerman.

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

These mobile messages keep students connected to course material and let students know we care about them, but the system is still too one-size-fits-all. In 2013, PC Magazine reported that people between the ages of 18 to 24 are 16 percent more likely than any other demographic to have a cracked screen.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. Check out this wonderful magazine for some great K12 educational articles, I will be presenting at Alan November’s BLC in Boston in July. Students will be able to research and record key facts involving the planets of the solar system.

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Part 1: Over 150 STEM Resources for PBL and Authentic Learning… Science

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Globe – Program is an international science and education program that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute meaningfully to our understanding of the Earth system and global environment. You will feel the engagement.

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Keep Calm and Read On

The Daring Librarian

Your local or state Library System probably also has this ability. The Editors of Scholastic Classroom Magazines.” My school district is really lucky because we've partnered with MackinVia and our kiddos have the ability to download FREE eBooks. We've also shared our resources posted online. So here's some MackinVia FREE books.

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She recently stepped down as the Executive Director of the Peninsula Library System, the NorthNet Library System, the Pacific Library Partnership and the Califa Group and continues as a strategic advisor to those groups. Nigel is also a fellow at the Center for the Advancement Public Action at Bennington College. He holds an M.Ed

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” Via Edsurge : “ Sir Ken Robinson ’s Next Act: You Are the System and You Can Change Education.” Government Will Travel to Latin America.”