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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

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On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. On April 5, Microsoft announced a partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

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Why Schools Should Focus on Social Capital Development — Not Just Skills

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We live in a world where who you know can matter, but also where systems of power benefit those with certain networks and access to resources, as sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, father of social capital theory, explained decades ago. Through resources made available by connections — resources that can be mobilized through ties in the networks.

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Technology in the Classroom: The Complete Guide

ViewSonic Education

1990 – The Internet brings about unprecedented access to information. 2005 – Learning Management System (LMS) takes off as a viable teaching tool. These tend to be the challenges for any new technology, however, and as interactive whiteboards become more accessible they will continue to grow in popularity. .

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Building Education Technology for the Developing World

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When it launched in 2005, the idea of a $100 laptop for the world’s poorest children captured the backing of Google, eBay and UNDP. At Khan Academy, employees have been focusing their efforts on mobile devices in order to achieve one-to-one for students. In India, the rate is 40 percent.

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5 Good Websites Like YouTube

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

YouTube first founded in around February 14, 2005 and since then it has grown so exponentially that as of 2021 YouTube boasts 2.24 While some boycott YouTube for their own reasons, a number of people can not access YouTube because of institutional or workplace restrictions. However, not everybody is a fan of YouTube.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

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I think this is going to be more heavily relied on, with less access to students in person, test scores, and reliable grades, at least for the spring semester and even going forward next year,” says Marci Miller, an attorney who specializes in education law and disability rights. “We But this play has a purpose.

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