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Video Of Yong Zhao’s Keynote Speech At ISTE | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… said:

[...] Zhao has also posted his slide presentation here, and sample chapters of his new book. Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for [...]

# 27 June 2012 at 8:00 am

The Best Articles, Videos & Posts On Education Policy In 2012 — So Far | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… said:

[...] Zhao has also posted his slide presentation here, and sample chapters of his new book. And he expanded on it in an Education Week commentary, Doublethink: The [...]

# 25 August 2012 at 6:36 pm

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