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Education’s going mobile

McGraw Hill isn’t the only organization that is banking on the 2012-2013 going mobile: New on iTunes U: Find TEDTalks organized by subject area into courses, curated for students, educators and lifelong learners. In our initial course offering, explore such topics as “Creative Problem-Solving” … “Understanding Happiness” … “Climate Change” … where you’ll find great …

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Do you feel the earth moving?

Do you feel the earth moving? McGraw Hill already has a line of five K-12 textbooks for the iPad 2 through iBooks 2 and over 50 iPad textbooks for higher education and the professional market through an app from partner firm Inkling, into which McGraw Hill Education has heavily invested. All of McGraw Hill’s iPad textbooks come alive thanks …

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And schools are behind again

Schools are finding themselves on the other side of spending thousands of dollars on interactive whiteboards and now there is an interactive whiteboard that each student can hold in his or her hand rather than 25 students crowding around one. Who ultimately ends up on top has huge implications for educational technology leaders, who must …

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What if schools were sets, publishing houses and art studios?

What if we taught students to create and to hone their own voices? What if we taught students to send their story out into the world? What if students got real feedback for telling their own stories? What if school actually helped students discover who they are? What if schools were sets, publishing houses, art …

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