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1M Users Strong, Schoology Grabs $6M To Take On Blackboard, Moodle



Schoology, the makers of a one-stop, cloud-based learning management system for primary and secondary schools, is announcing today that it has closed ... Read more
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University ?, Course Hero Curates YouTube Into Free Business and Coding Classes


You can learn just about anything from YouTube…if you're willing to dig through millions of videos. Luckily, Course Hero has done the work for you, of... Read more
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How to Train Your Brain and Boost Your Memory Like a USA Memory Champion (144 points)

Here's a little secret you might never have guessed: The people who can accomplish incredible mnemonic feats like memorizing the order of a shuffled deck of cards or hundreds of random numbers in minutes don't have photographic memories. They have normal brains like you and, yes, me. Read more
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Kikutext - Keep Parents Updated About Your School Through Text Messages

Kikutext is a new service for keeping parents informed about your classroom and or school through text messages. The service is ... Read more
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'A Test You Need to Fail': A Teacher's Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students (250 points)



I’m sorry. I spent last night perusing the 150-plus pages of grading materials provided by the state in anticipation of reading and evaluating your English Language Arts Exams this morning. Read more
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English Teacher Rethinks Grammar Lessons — With an App



In the last eight years, high school English teacher Jeff Scheur has graded 15,000 papers. He estimates that each time he collects a new round of ess... Read more
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Train Your Brain for Monk-Like Focus [Mind Hacks]



The moment you get effortlessly lost in work goes by any number of names: focus, concentration, escapism, flow, and countless others. It's the point w... Read more
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Woody Speaks Mandarin: Disney Brings Chinese-Language Apps to iPad



In an age where hardly a conversation can be had about the economy without mentioning China, it’s not surprising that the world's most populous countr... Read more
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Sidevibe Now Free for Everyone!


 The online teaching tool, SideVibe, is creating a real buzz with educators around the Web. And that buzz just got louder with ... Read more
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12 Findings on Mind, Brain & Education | Getting Smart

12 Findings on Mind, Brain & Education | Getting Smart
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Kids and Tech: Parenting Tips for the Digital Age



Parents had enough to worry about before their children could bully each other online, meet dangerous strangers without leaving the house, and switch... Read more
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Interactive Learning Startup Top Hat Monocle Wants To Turn Your Homework Into A Tournament



Over the last few years, we've seen technology start to play an increasingly disruptive role in both primary and secondary education. There's still a ... Read more
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TED Targets Impressionable Young Minds With Interactive New TEDEd Videos



Check out a sneak preview of the animation and other features in new, abbreviated TED videos that aim to bring subjects such as neuroscience and evolu... Read more
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9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn, by Leo Babauta (39 points)



Kids in today’s school system are not being prepared well for tomorrow’s world. As someone who went from the corporate world and then the government world to the ever-changing online world, I know how the world of yesterday is rapidly becoming irrelevant. Read more
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Thinglink - Make Images Interactive



Thinglink is a website that allows users to make their images interactive and tag them with links, information, video, sound, ... Read more
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Grammaropolis: Personified Parts of Speech



What it is:  Grammaropolis is a site I have long been a fan of.  I’ve written about it in the past in these posts.  ... Read more
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