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Google Apps Summer Camp: Chromebooks
Hosting a blog series about Google Apps for Education without featuring Google’s portable web-based computing device would be like teaching you how to build a house without introducing you to a hammer or nails.
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Robots Are Not Just for Computer Labs Anymore
The Hummingbird Duo may be the first electronics kit that is fun and educational for a fourth grader, a high school student, a college engineering student, and an adult maker. The Hummingbird Duo provides several levels of engineering and technology learning.
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Time to Take Interest in Pinterest
Need some extra advice on how to get started on Pinterest? Getting Smart helps edupreneurs and education leaders amplify their impact with biz dev, marketing, and strategic communication services. We provide a range of services from building and implementing strategy to public relations implementation.
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Pittsburgh: University Inspired EdTech
"Pittsburgh is on the verge of reaching a critical mass in terms of the number of successful start-up companies, entrepreneurs, availability of local early stage capital and ability to push and pull university technologies to market.”
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Canvas Catalog: New Platform to House Online Courses
Instructure, through its Canvas learning management system (LMS) launches Canvas Catalog- a white-label platform that enables any institution, government entity, university or K-12 school to create a branded index of online courses.
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Success at New Tech Academy
Elizabeth Bryan, Principal of New Tech Academy @ Ft. Wayne, shares a passion for great education with the leaders of the Ft. Wayne business community. “It was the local business community that became very aggressive when looking for ways to better educate our students,” said Elizabeth.
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6 Mistakes You Might Be Making with Technology Integration
In an era where ignorance can mean legally-binding repercussions, understanding how to effectively use 21st century tools in the classroom is tantamount to effective classroom management or content area best practices.
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EdTech 10: Map Is The Word
The key word for this weeks is “maps” - whether it’s mapping the way to college and career readiness, providing the latest mapping software to K-12 schools across the country or maybe just pulling out your road map to decide where you are going to visit during your summer vacation...
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Why Teachers Deserve Their Own Holiday
Don’t be nostalgic about a lesson from five years ago, the world has changed since then. You’ve changed since then. How can you honor the past while moving bravely into the future?
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Get Smart About Twitter Chats
Whether you call it a Twitter chat, a meet and tweet, or a Twitter party, you should read one, join one or better yet - start one. Consider this a beginner’s guide to Twitter chats