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The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books

ED Surge

The Internet Archive was active. And that's something that's really important to bear in mind. Our story isn't just, there was zero and then there was Google. Our story is that there was actually a lot of activity taking place. Carnegie Mellon University was active. But the efforts were separated.

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Both Humans and Technology Are Noisy: How Do We Move Forward?

Digital Promise

Over the years, I’ve been involved in developing research programs and projects in education technology, games, and virtual reality. As I’ve developed my thinking around funding and conducting research in learning technologies, I always come back to an unpublished technical report written by one of my early mentors in the Navy.

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Schools on a screen: One tech-savvy school district has lessons for others going online

The Hechinger Report

Children and teachers were familiar with a variety of learning apps and other educational software. Educators had years of experience integrating technology into their teaching. schools spend more than $10 billion a year on educational technology. Now, with New York Gov.

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

ED Surge

They range from projects that engage the literary cultures of local communities, to ones that collaborate with public historical archives, to others that model alternative community-based pedagogies for students working with off-campus partner organizations, he says. and elsewhere.