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Alexa Show
We just purchased an Echo Show and I wanted to offer some initial comments. This is the third generation of the show and it is a great device for the price. The device might appear as an iPad married to … Continue reading
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Mastery Rediscovered
I have been interested in what I know as mastery learning for many years and published my first research on mastery methods based on a large lecture introductory biology class some 45 years ago (see citation at end of post). … Continue reading
Emergency Broadband Benefit
The FCC will soon offer up to $50 a month toward broadband expenses for households that qualify. This will include the families with children that qualify for reduced income meals. Households whose children get free or low-cost school meals will … Continue reading
Tracking COVID cases in schools and reopenings
As COVID is now hopefully being slowed down, schools are gradually reopening. Decisions on this matter differ by locations and parents and teachers are making personal decisions from place to place. Here are a couple of sources that may be … Continue reading
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Newsela a unicorn
I happened across this article in TechCrunch describing the recent financial success of Newsela in securing funding bringing the value of the company to one billion dollars. A billion dollar company is tagged as a unicorn and there are not … Continue reading
Learning with Google 2021
Google recently offered a lengthy session explaining updates in the company’s offerings for education. The event, Learning with Google 2021, was live, but is now available through YouTube. The hour and a half presentation was divided into segments – Google … Continue reading