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Cool Tool | DreamBox Learning

August 22, 2011

With a rigorous math program relying on adaptive learning, DreamBox Learning executives believe that every student can become a proficient, mathematical …

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Cool Tool | One Idea for Learning = $5,000

August 20, 2011

You’ve got cool ideas—and you were going to make a video, anyway. So consider this: Pearson OLE (Online Learning Exchange) is giving …

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Cool Tool | Chegg Goes Digital

August 19, 2011

Students heading back to college and purchasing their books may have a slightly lighter load to carry: textbook rental giant …

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Cool Tool | Curiosity in the Classroom

August 19, 2011

What a concept: curiosity in the classroom—and that’s exactly what Intel and Discovery Education have teamed up for in launching Curiosity …

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Trends | EdTech Digest Awards Now Open

August 04, 2011

The EdTech Digest Awards Program is now open. EdTech Digest recognizes people in and around education for outstanding contributions in …

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Cool Tool: Epson’s DC-11 Document Camera

July 29, 2011

Got visual learners? Check out Epson’s DC-11 document camera. New audio and video capture tools and a split-screen feature enliven lesson …

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Cool Tool: Tinkerplots Dynamic Data Exploration

July 27, 2011

Interpreting data is an important skill in today’s world. However, mention data analysis and most student’s eyes glaze over. Key …

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Cool Tool | Brainscape Smart Flashcard Learning Platform

May 24, 2011

Here’s a cool tool that will help you become a better learner in less than half the time! Brainscape is …

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Cool Tools: Mizuni Dashboard Suite

May 05, 2011

Here’s a cool tool on the district level: Mizuni Data Warehouse. You don’t have to fully understand it to benefit, …

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Trends | Education Strategy, Global Take

May 04, 2011

A model is only as good as the people implementing it. Here’s an interesting one I found with some talented …

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Educating the Mobile Generation

May 02, 2011

What a delightful short video following two of the most prominent pioneers in mobile technology integration into education, Elliot Soloway …

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Cool Tool: ActivBoard 500 Pro

April 29, 2011

Billed as a ‘Next Generation Interactive Whiteboard with intuitive pen and touch’ — when you use it for yourself or …

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Trends: Lifelong Kindergarten

April 12, 2011

Here’s an interesting discussion from two leading minds in education and technology — the MIT media lab’s Nicholas Negroponte and …

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Cool Tool: CourseHero

April 11, 2011

Students can access excellent learning materials (more than 6,500,000 student-uploaded documents from over 5,000 universities worldwide all searchable by school, …

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Cool Tool: Illustrative Storytelling

April 06, 2011

Chalk one up for—er, well—squeak one up on a whiteboard—for visual learning. I mean, we all have eyes and of …

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Cool Tool: EchoSystem 4.0

April 04, 2011

It’s not a cloning device, but Echo360’s latest product line of lecture capture solutions is pretty close. The system dynamically records …

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Cool Tool: eBeam Engage

April 02, 2011

A teacher runs over to his computer, runs back to the electronic whiteboard, then picks up a peripheral device. He’s …

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Cool Tool | Turnitin

March 28, 2011

See something you like? Old-time research meant scouring microfiche, World Book and stacks of periodicals, using notecards and carefully paraphrasing, …

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Cool Tool: Glogster EDU

March 23, 2011

Check out this cool education platform—a digital poster-maker, really—that takes full advantage of technology and creates an educational tool category …

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Interview | Ji Shen Accidentally Invents a HoverCam for Education

February 23, 2011

In early 2008, Ji Shen, a U.S. citizen of Chinese descent, was two years into his international educational venture called …

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Cool Tool | Project-based e-Mentoring

February 16, 2011

Here’s a tool with tremendous potential upon scale-up and one that answers a lot of key education questions with flying …

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Interview | David Lynam's WordStash

February 15, 2011

David Lynam used to keep a text file of interesting words that he came across while reading. “I kept losing …

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Cool Tool: StudySync

January 31, 2011

An innovative learning tool that connects students to the great ideas of mankind through its extensive library of classic and …

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Cool Tools: Education Apps in the Google Apps Marketplace

January 31, 2011

This you’ve gotta see—especially if you haven’t used Google Apps before (and even if you have). These offerings will continue …

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Cool Tool: "Social Books" (from Rethink Books)

January 26, 2011

Here’s an interesting company with a cool tool that is sure to become an unremarkable, normal way of operating: Rethink …

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Cool Tool: ClassLink LaunchPad at Koogler

January 13, 2011

In this four-corner region rich with enchanted cultural adventures and history, Koogler Middle School, part of Aztec Municipal School District …

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Cool Tool: Skype in the Classroom

December 20, 2010

A free directory connecting teachers and helping them to use Skype, this tool—while still under continuing development—is already launched. Teachers …