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Your New Textbook, Brought to You by Bill Gates

By: jhgardner August 20, 2013

Education, IT, Teachers & Teachingautogenerating video from text, bill gates, education, technology, technology in the classroom

Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold have filed a new patent that could change the way we read textbooks, and possibly the way we learn, forever. Bored of reading the same textbooks, the same old way? Well, Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold, the duo behind an invention that can actually slow hurricanes, are looking to change…

Digital Learning Day Brings Technology into the Classroom

By: jhgardner February 8, 2013

Education, Teachers & Teachingdigital learning day, education, iPads, librarians, teachers, Teaching, technology, technology in the classroom

Yesterday marked the second annual celebration of “Digital Learning Day,” the culmination of a year-long focus to utilize the power of technology in more classrooms nationwide. But we’re not just talking about throwing iPads into classrooms in the hopes of engaging students’ short attention spans. No, the ideas employed in classrooms and libraries around the…