Why School Leaders Should Build An Intentional School Culture

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For school leaders, defining a school culture – the core values, practices and organizational structures – is a necessity.

5 Powerful Social Media Tools For Your Classroom

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The best social media tools for your classroom are free, easy to use, and right here. We break down some of the newest and noteworthy for you.

The 5 Biggest Education Technology Trends To Know About

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There are some major education technology trends that are disrupting the current education model. Here's the breakdown.

New ‘TED Talks Education’ Brings Big Names And Big Ideas

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Sir Ken Robinson, Bill Gates, Geoffrey Canada and more take on big topics in the all-new TED Talks Education. Full feature presentation is here.

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If Graphic Artists Were In Charge…[HUMOR]

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We were recently the lucky recipients of a hilarious e-mail that we wanted to share with all our readers. While it may not be completely education-related, it's certainly going to make you smile and laugh. After all, ...

No One Works During The World Cup [INFOGRAPHIC]

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This is a great example of just how popular the World Cup is. Aside from being the main cause for Twitter being down most of the day, it's apparently costing companies and countries BILLIONS in loss productivity. Sal...

How Google Works [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Did you know that Google's hard-to-find Data Centers are carbon neutral? Or that every search query you do is automatically part of an experiment, control group, or other tool designed to make search results more accu...

Eye Exam? MIT Just Made An App For That

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Just another amazing solution to a problem you didn't even know existed yet from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT Media Labs researchers are field-testing a smartphone application and $1 plastic lens at...

The Easiest Way A Classroom Can Video Chat

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Video chat or video conferencing is quickly becoming a big part of classrooms around the globe. You've probably seen those Cisco ads where students in England have a real-time high-def conference with a classroom in C...

Why Colleges Won’t Find Prospective Students On Twitter

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Colleges are ramping up efforts to connect with prospective students through Twitter—but students aren’t interested, a new study says. Evidence has shown that teenagers rely on college visits and Web sites to learn ...

Did You Know? 20 States Still Allow Teachers To Hit Students

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Did you know that 20 states still allow teachers to hit, belt, paddle, slap, grab, and do other shocking things to students? A new bill just introduced to Congress is hoping to put a stop to this 'corporal punishment....

The Best Inspirational Messages About Teaching

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As avid #edchat fans, we are always seeing new and interesting phrases passed around amongst teachers and higher ed professionals. We thought it might be helpful to jot down these slogans and phrases in hopes they ins...

Why Microsoft Doesn't Get Mobile Social Media

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After millions of dollars, years of development, and a major advertising campaign, Microsoft has just announced it is killing the 'Kin' line of phones just six weeks after they launched. Heck, the official Kin website...

41 New Ways Google Docs Makes Your Life Easier

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Google has been hard at work this summer making your document editing, sharing, and creation experience much better. We thought this might be a good time to get you up to speed on all the new features that will make y...

The Major Problem With E-Readers and Tablets In Schools

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The Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad may be a breeze to use and fun to have, but what about blind students?The federal government is stepping in after a few lawsuits regarding how unfair these new types of books are for v...

POLL: Will You Pay For The New Hulu Plus?

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Hulu just unveiled it's much-rumored premium service and it's going to be big. Or is it? Here's the skinny on the new service called Hulu Plus: It will cost $9.99/month Preview invites are going out now but the ser...

How Music Teachers Can Harness Social Media

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The students at P.S. 22 in Staten Island can attest to the power of social media. Their music classes have been videotaped, broadcast, and shared online for the past 4 years. In that time, more than 10 MILLION people ...

Brown University Goes Google

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Brown University has become the next school to go Google. Here's the skinny from the Google Enterprise Blog: From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest, and are very pleased to have G...

Why You Can't Quit Facebook

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We were able to get an exclusive look at the upcoming rollout of the new Facebook deactivation pages. They're not yet being used but we thought you might appreciate knowing what it will soon take to leave Facebook: Ne...

Teachers Helping Teachers: The PLN Road Map

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It's hard to watch any educational twitter feed during any given week and not see the acronym, PLN. The PLN, or personal learning network is the latest buzzword in the world of education. But where does the PLN exist?...