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8 Ways in which edtech supports Vocational Education

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For example, in Germany, vocational school graduates are more likely to be employed than their traditional education counterparts. 95% of Career and technical education students also graduate high school. Sure, there are many reasons why a student might opt for this type of training.

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Unlock Your Second Brain: A Guide to Choosing the Best Digital Notetaking App

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, I'll share six apps fo r digital note-taking and my experiences with each. First of all, growth is a decision requiring action. First of all, growth is a decision requiring action. You can just go to the Cool Cat Teacher channel on YouTube.

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Online Learning and Mental Health: the XYZ generations

Neo LMS

Before you can understand why and how educators and students are struggling more with mental health today, it’s helpful to first understand the generational divide in regard to education. But as a whole, most Millennials have now graduated and are educators themselves, along with Gen X. The connection to technology.

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Simple Ways to Put More Rigor in Your Lesson Plans

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In today’s show, Barbara Blackburn shares the concept of rigor in education. We discuss how rigor is not about making things harder for students but about setting high expectations and providing support to help students achieve those expectations.

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10 Unusual Hour of Code Projects

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Yet, kids who can code are better at logical thinking and problem solving, more independent and self-assured, and more likely to find a job when they graduate. December 5th, 2022, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to coding, programming, and why students should love it.

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5 Resources to Find Tons of Free Fun Unplugged Coding Activities!

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In a previous post I described why all students should participate in the upcoming Hour of Code event, which takes place December 3rd to 9th. Find more reasons to introduce students to coding in this article, Why Kids Should Learn To Code (And How To Get Them Started). Below are a few ideas with links to plenty more!

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How to enhance students’ work-ready skills

Neo LMS

The problem was that most of what I studied was about the traditional ways of doing marketing and my new job required me to do fully online marketing for a cloud-based platform. Many graduates today are facing the same problem I had. When they finish school, they’re not ready to enter the workforce. But I did.

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