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Despite the backlash against Khan Academy and the controversial evolution of online schools, it’s clear that bringing education online is a big part of tomorrow’s schools. If you’ve been looking for a simple and relatively hassle-free way to do so, here is some advice.
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#NJED Google Doc is a great list of all New Jersey educators on Twitter. Add yourself to the list, and please pass along to your colleagues. Delete the scoop?
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A very comprehensive list of #educational #Twitter #hashtags... Delete the scoop?
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Apple's new OS X Mavericks operating system includes many of the rumored improvements. Here's everything you need to know about Mavericks. Delete the scoop?
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We've gone through hundreds of resources to assemble these guides which are meant to help you learn, teach, and share as much as possible.
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Microsoft announced the Xbox One, the next generation gaming console, on Tuesday in Redmond, Washington.
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How to insert images into Google Forms
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Thanks to Brent Catlett, you can learn to insert images into your Google Forms. Brent posted some screenshots of the process. After trying it out, Richard Byrne created a short video of the process... Delete the scoop?
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From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.
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Although some of these "tricks" are a bit out-dated, this is still a nice site for all to review... Delete the scoop?
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Is your iPad getting slow? Check out these 7 tricks to speed up your iPad. This post delivers long-term results, and it explains what does NOT work as well. Delete the scoop?
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Copyright can be a confusing topic for adults as well as children. The EFF's Teaching Copyright lesson plans provide teachers with the materials and resources needed for teaching appropriate use of copyrighted materials. 
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Industry should take more involvement in teaching, educating and highlighting issues that affect producers and consumers.
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Google Now is about giving you just the right information at just the right time. It can show you the day’s weather as you get dressed in the morning, or alert you that there’s heavy traffic between you and your butterfly-inducing date—so you’d better leave now! It can also share news updates on a story you’ve been following, remind you to leave for the airport so you can make your flight and much more. There’s no digging required: cards appear at the moment you need them most—and the more you use Google Now, the more you get out of it. Delete the scoop?
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If you just got a fabulous new device, why not consider giving back by donating to schools? Send that old device to a BYOD classroom near you.
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Please lend schools a hand by looking into dontating some of the following gadgets and accessories so students may enjoy a fair and equal chance in their studies. Delete the scoop?
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Passwords have gotten so complicated that even people with ferociously sharp memories can struggle to recall the eccentric combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols. There are passwords for personal e-mail, work e-mail, bank accounts, Twitter, and Facebook, and woe to anybody who uses the same one for those two malware magnets. On top of that, it's recommended that you regularly change your passwords so they don't get compromised. Passwords are a pain, but LastPass slices through the Gordian knot of password management with a deft and effective cross-platform browser add-on/app/online password manager and form filler that makes web browsing easier and more secure. Although I prefer it on Chrome and iOS, LastPass is also available for Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, your descktop, and on Android.
The bottom line: Effective, secure, and easy to use, LastPass offers a broad base of password-management features for free that can be expanded when upgrading to the premium version. It's an essential add-on for modern Web browsing. Delete the scoop?
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Twitter now lets you view detailed analytics on engagement for your tweets as well as a breakdown of who follows you. Delete the scoop?
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Did you know that clicking on a hashtag (# symbol) will show relevant content related to that term or "tag"?. The concept of hashtags was first introduced to Twitter with the purpose of creating communities around a specific content, and now Google+ is now supporting the use of hashtags. Here's how/why to use them...
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The past few decades have been witness to a shift toward stateless digital currency. This guide will fill you in on the new trading systems of the web.
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The airwaves are cracking with news about that new smart new digital crypto-currency,Bitcoin (BTC). Designed to be unforgeable, anonymous, easily electronically transmitted and independent of nation-states and their central banks, Bitcoin's activity this year attracted a huge amount of attention.
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An overview of those features and policies that schools can use to manage Chromebooks in the classroom.
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Apple released a list of its most 25 most-downloaded free apps of all time.
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This post discusses my personal best 30 iPad apps for college students, grad students, professors and everybody else in university and academia. Delete the scoop?
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The average day of a public school teacher doesn’t end when the bell rings and the students are gone. Class preparation, grading, bus duty, club advising, coaching and other non-instructional activities are often left out of the discussion on teacher compensation... Delete the scoop?
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Academic preparation isn’t the only factor in college readiness. Also helping to determine whether students get to graduation are social behaviors, like whether they show up for class, engage with professors and make eye contact. A new assessment from the Education Testing Service (ETS) seeks to measure those non-academic variables... Delete the scoop?
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The safety of our schoolchildren is of paramount importance to all people in the education community. The tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, has prompted school districts to reassess security measures in place in their facilities. The New Jersey School Boards Association has created the School Security Resources web page with the goal of assisting school officials in the process. Delete the scoop?
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Contacts can be exchanged between Outlook and Google Gmail to save time and avoid manually re-entering your contacts.
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Thankfully, you can use the same contacts in both Google Gmail and Microsoft Outlook, without adding them manually to both locations. Here's how... Delete the scoop?
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New Jersey's overhaul of teacher tenure is now law, changing how educators are measured and evaluated -- as well as how they are rewarded and disciplined. More than two dozen districts are already piloting evaluation systems; the rest of the state must decide how it will fulfill the law in the next two months.
The NJ Spotlight Roundtable Series brings together educators and key players to discuss progress so far, including the chief architect of the law, state Sen. Teresa Ruiz, and the director of education evaluation for the Christie administration, Timothy Matheney.
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In recognition of Bullying Prevention Month this October, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released a free, two-part training toolkit designed to reduce incidents of bullying, for use by classroom educators. 
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