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New Google Classroom tool gives hints on tough homework problems

The Verge

That’s Practice Sets, the newest Google Classroom tool, in a nutshell. Google Classroom, for folks who went to school before the internet was everything, is a widely used gaggle of web tools that allows teachers to post assignments, students to submit them, and teachers to return them online. to attach appropriate hints and resources.

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Logitech’s Pen is a durable stylus made for Chromebooks in the classroom

The Verge

Logitech has announced a new stylus called Pen, and it’s aimed at being the best option available for classrooms full of Chromebooks. But Logitech’s angle for the Pen is to be more of a staple for the classroom with its design. The company didn’t even hint at an eventual widening of its availability. Lenovo’s $34.99

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Technology for Change Contest: Win a new computer from HP!

Amy Sample Ward

During the US Thanksgiving holiday, Tweetsgiving asked people around the world to use Twitter to share something they were grateful for and include the link to the Tweetsgiving site (where people could donate to help build a library, classroom and more for the benefiting school in Tanzania). Looking at all of you readers, hint hint!).

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch

At its core, Transfr is building a “classroom to career pipeline,” Rajakumar says. Hint: It was the companies that had the most to gain from a higher-skilled worker. The platform’s entry-level gives workers a way to safely and effectively learn a trade, and companies a solution on mass up-skilling needs.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. Another fun scavenger hunt idea is to hire a developer to alter your website’s layout, placing hints across the pages in order to provide players with clues. 5) Online classes.

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TechSoup for Libraries Spotlight: Amber Slaven of Bellevue Library

Tech Soup

This one's about Amber Slaven, a librarian who got her start at Bellevue Library with a pretty great gig: driving a Winnebago outfitted as a mobile computer classroom. You can also learn what a savvy librarian thinks about eBooks, if you didn't know already (hint: they're pretty cool).

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Aligning Learning Needs with Business Process

Gyrus

Or, possibly and most likely, the employees within your organization could potentially be providing hints and messages on the need for new courses, all of which may not be falling onto the appropriate and capable ears of the capable system administrator.

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