May 15, 2015
Categories: Technology
Tags: apps, lessons, TechChef4u
» About | Source: www.techchef4u.com Her love for “cooking up” technology integrated lessons and the need for a creative & productive outlet led her to create the TechChef4u blog in early May of 2011. In early 2012 TechChef4u was officially launched as an educational entity supporting and promoting purposeful and engaging integration of mobile devices …
May 15, 2015
Categories: E-learning
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Not as far as enthusiasts might think, one expert says. Source: www.washingtonpost.com What’s the future of education technology? Venturing an educated guess is Larry Cuban,a high school social studies teacher for 14 years and a district superintendent (seven years in Arlington, VA), is professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, where he has taught for more …
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May 15, 2015
Tags: college degree, online university
At the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science — without standard tuition fees (though exams cost money). Founder Shai Reshef hopes that higher education is changing “from being a privilege for the few to a basic right, …
May 15, 2015
Categories: Resources
Tags: map
These maps from Harvard’s Africa Map project illustrate just how diverse the African continent really is, including its thousands of languages and ethnic groups, incredible biodiversity and the locations of its most urbanized areas. Source: worldmap.harvard.edu See on Scoop.it – Teaching and testing
May 11, 2015
Categories: Slavery
Tags: slavery
For me, 12 Years a Slave offered too many modern parallels for the 175th birthday of Anti-Slavery International – of which I am a proud patron – to prompt anything other than renewed effort • 175 years of campaigning for freedom – in pictures A child domestic worker in Haiti. Anti-Slavery International was formed 175 …
Steve McQueen: Anti-Slavery’s 175th anniversary is nothing to celebrate Read More »