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They're not the same, in fact, they couldn't be much more different. Search is what we call the action of knowing what you want and questing until you ultimately find it. Duckduckgo is a …

Google Reader is scheduled to end July 1. And Feedly.com is just the newsreader to replace it.

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Schools are collecting more data than ever on how children are doing. Companies and nonprofits, meanwhile, are racing to put that data to use in the classroom.

Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion.

Scrawlar lets teachers create virtual classrooms, lets students write and use a “whiteboard,” doesn’t require student email registration (just a classroom password and a student-c…

Here’s my four-part Ed Week series on the topic. Even though we’ve been very lucky at our school to have great professional development, there have been times that I’ve had to att…

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1,300 cultural references from The Office put into a time machine.

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Want to build better courses? Then commit the time to learn something new and apply what you learn. If you write about your learning. That's a bonus.

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If you've worked with Word much at all, you know how frustrating it can be getting formatting just the way you want it. While you can't remove all of the frustration, you can eliminate a lot of it by learning how formatting works in Word and what tools are available to help you control it.

Answer (1 of 295): The best startups seem obvious only in retrospect. By the time most of us found about them, they had already reached a critical mass of users. We never had to ask the question "will this work?" since we already saw it working. It is possible to create a "good" startup with a ...

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Free Technology for Teachers

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Do you blog regularly? Are you looking for tools to make the process easier? Blogging is hard work and it takes a lot of time to do it well. Wouldn't it be great if you could streamline parts of that process? In this article, you’ll find a list of tools, apps and advice you can use to find your groove and take care of blogging business. #1: Brainstorm Blogging Ideas When you need inspiration for your next blog post, where do you go? You can avoid blogger's block by trying out these idea-generators to quickly get your creative juices flowing. How

This collection of blogs, articles, and videos aims to help educators deploy social-media tools to develop professionally, connect with parents and communities, and engage students in 21st-century learning.

Dean Shareski and I just had a video conversation for a class he’s teaching. The topic was “All About Curation.” I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles About Curatio…

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