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Google Presentation for Collaborative Learning

One of my professional goals is to help teachers use technology as an efficient and effective tool for student learning instead of using it as an add on to the end of a traditional unit of study. The Google Docs Presentation is well-suited for use as a starting point to help teachers begin to break the barriers of tra...

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Staff Picks: Blended Learning, Smart Phones, EdReform, 21st-Century English

Tom picked blended learning as the topic of the year. Karen picks a review of the recent book Teaching Generation Text, which looks at the benefits of mobile learning in the classroom. Sarah picks Byron Sanders' response to the heated debate around Gene Marks' recent Forbes article, "If I Were a Poor Black Kid."

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Sal Khan Creates A World-Class Education for Anyone, Anywhere

In a recent video, Salman Khan discusses how he's delivering a world-education to anyone, anywhere through Khan Academy at the Future of State Universities Conference, which was hosted by Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Jim Hunt and Academic Partnerships in Dallas, Texas this October.

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