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$35 Tablet Hits Indian Market
A $50 tablet computer designed for schools will hit the Indian market next month. With subsidies it will be available to students for $35. Produced by Canadian company Datawind, the tabs will be built in India.
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Customization is to Fracking as Persistence is to Horizontal Drilling
Innovation changes our assumptions. It makes possible what was previously impossible. It changes the math in our mental models.
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Top 10 Apps for Arts Education
Art has permeated human culture for centuries, outlining significant events, movements, revolutions and thoughts throughout time. Studying art is the exploration of history, Language Arts, humanities, anthropology and more in a classic liberal arts education. Here are 10 of the best website and apps for exploring art that you can easily use in your lessons.
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Get out the blender, kids
I think I have just glimpsed the future, or at least what could be the future, of public education. I’m talking about the effective use of today’s technology to enhance learning, or what insiders are calling ‘blended education.’ Michael Horn, a co-author of Disrupting Class, provided a definition: Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.
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NewSchools Presents: Eli Kennedy, Kirsten Tobey & Kristin Richmond
NewSchools, a venture fund working to transform education by supporting entrepreneurs, released two more videos today from its Education Entrepreneurs series with opinions, stories and viewpoints from edupreneurs! Today’s videos feature Eli Kennedy, Kristen Tobey and Kristin Richmond. Eli Kennedy Eli Kennedy leads the Pacific…
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White House Launches New “Digital Promise” Initiative
The White House and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today the launch of "Digital Promise," a new national center created by Congress to advance technologies that can transform teaching and learning.
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NewSchools Presents: Bill Jackson From GreatSchools
New Schools, a venture fund working to transform education by supporting entrepreneurs, released another video today from its Education Entrepreneurs series with opinions, stories and viewpoints from edupreneur Bill Jackson.
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NewSchools Presents: Alexandra Bernadotte & Scott Given
New Schools, a venture fund working to transform education by supporting entrepreneurs, released two more videos today from its Education Entrepreneurs series with opinions, stories and viewpoints from edupreneurs Alexandra Beradotte and Scott Given.
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10 Infographics for Learning
We all love infographics. Why? Well, they help us grasp information in a quick and fun way that appeals to our visual senses. In fact, there's an infographic here explaining that. Below you'll find 10 infographics that discuss learning in many different capacities - online, blended, mobile, etc. Tell us, what's your favorite infographic on learning?
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JEE Releases Guest Editorial On Accelerating STEM Capacity
The Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) released "Accelerating STEM Capacity: A Complex Adaptive System Perspective," a guest editorial by Rick Stephens and Michael Richey of the Boeing Company this July.