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Stephen Downes

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This is what to watch for in edtech: small focused tools with a lot of power. Miguel comments, "it's clear Google wants to improve," writes Miguel Guhlin. "Whether it has achieved that goal in its latest offering, you will need to decide.... their product appears limited to Android and home use." For a school-friendly (his term) tool, he points to Microsoft. " Reading Progress "assists educators in checking student reading fluency." And Reading Coach helps students review unfamiliar words, use text-to-speech, and define unfamiliar words.

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