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Google in Education

Posted on July 11, 2013 by admin

This is one of those things I probably should have known, but did not. Google has a site promoting the company’s vision and services for the education sector – google.com/edu.

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Multiple organizations urge FCC to support ConnectEd

Posted on July 8, 2013 by admin

Multiple organizations have sent a letter to the FCC urging this body to support the Presidents proposal entitled ConnectEd. This program is focused on improving school broadband access and teacher preparation.

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Now that Reader is gone – Instant RSS search for discovery

Posted on July 7, 2013 by admin

RSS is a great tool for discovery. Much has been made of the termination of Google Reader, but much of the focus has been on tools that might replace Reader. Less attention has focused on how we might discover new … Continue reading →

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Xtranormal is gone

Posted on July 6, 2013 by admin

I happened to notice this news about Xtranormal because one of the students in my summer grad class presented on this online service. Xtranormal, a service allowing users to have characters in an animated movie speak the text entered by … Continue reading →

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All reading performance is local

Posted on June 30, 2013 by admin

Every time I have access to state by state education data, I look up North Dakota (the state in which I am employed). I expect to see that North Dakota has done well. My confidence is not based in an … Continue reading →

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ios7 and COPA

Posted on June 27, 2013 by admin

The Chambers Daily identifies a comment in Apple’s description of Ios7 that offers educators a way to deal with the COPA age 13 requirement for many online services. Read the analysis here.

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