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Tablet Initiatives News and Results

By Abhi On June 22, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Learning Analytics, Teaching
5 Questions to Ask About High School Laptop, Tablet Initiatives Ask if your teen’s school has detailed plans for its one-to-one program and if teachers are prepared to use devices in the classroom . . .           Three local high schools end first year of using tablets for the first time Aside [...]
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Bringing Cooperative Learning Online

By Scott Cronenweth On July 23, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Education: Technology
Is cooperative learning happening online today? After researching the topic, I feel—oddly!—like I’m not exactly sure.
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Learning Analytics and MOOCs

By Scott Cronenweth On April 30, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Education: Technology, Learning Analytics
According to a recent piece in the Stanford News, Stanford"s Lytics Lab is gleaning learning analytics data from MOOCs to understand how people learn.
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Essay Grading Software: Indispensible or Insulting?

By Scott Cronenweth On April 9, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Education: Technology, Tutoring
How would you feel about having your essays or short written test answers graded by a software program? Instead of getting results back days or weeks later from an instructor, you'd get instant feedback -- and a chance to rewrite the piece for a better grade.
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Today’s Teaching Technology Landscape – What’s Most Important and Most Wanted

By Scott Cronenweth On December 4, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Education: Technology, In The News
The trend in classroom tech over the past decade, of course, has been towards “broadening adoption and deeper integration” of digital media across all age groups...
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7 Highly Recommended YouTube Channels for Tutors and Teachers

By Scott Cronenweth On November 27, 2012 · Add Comment · In Education: Technology
The challenge with finding good YouTube videos to support learners is: how to sort through all those channels and videos to identify the quality content you need, without spending countless hours watching video yourself?
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Edmodo in Action

By Scott Cronenweth On November 20, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Education: Technology, Tutoring
Dubbed “Facebook for education,” Edmodo can be used in an almost endless variety of ways by teachers and students.
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The Teacher's Apple

By Scott Cronenweth On November 13, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Education: Industry, Education: Technology
As more and more laptops, smartphones and tablets find their way into college, high school and increasingly even middle school and grade school classrooms, more and more of that equipment is designed and sold by Apple. Why haven’t tech giants like Microsoft been more successful at taking market share from Apple in this growing market?
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11 Most “Wicked Awesome” Education Infographics I’ve Seen Lately

By Scott Cronenweth On November 7, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Education: General, General
Who doesn't love a good infographic?
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Top 5 Free Online Tutoring Tools

By Scott Cronenweth On October 23, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Education: Technology, Teaching & Tutoring
As online learning grows in importance and popularity worldwide, new tools are emerging to support it. Here are 5 free tools that enable tutors, teachers – or even just well-intentioned friends and relatives – to interact with learners over the Internet, no pens or paper required. 1: IDroo whiteboard for Skype Everybody already knows about [...]
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