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Discovering the “Ultimate Classroom”: A Student Led Project Based Learning Inquiry

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As a teacher, I knew all about project based learning and how rewarding it could be for students, but I struggled to imagine how I would make it work in my 4th grade classroom. While some studied robotics and social media, others dived into different learning disabilities and schools around the world.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Google Summit - Student App Development - Maker Education - Reinventing Higher Ed

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 19th, 2014 Perhaps the greatest joy is learning how to motivate yourself. Each week we interview teachers, principals, superintendents, authors and presenters to learn about how to become more effective educators! We are dedicated to being the lead learners in all that we do.

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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

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It began exploding about a decade ago, thanks in large part to the enthusiastic audience of Make magazine and the popularity of public events such as Maker Faires (the most well-known of which was hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in 2014.) Popular ‘Maker Movement’ Incompatible With Common Core, Authors Contend.

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Dr. Rachel Clarke, Principal Globalizing the English Common Core Reading Materials - Ashley Gwinn Master Teacher and Curriculum Specialist Gomabseubnida, Seoul: How My Summer in Korea Made Me a Better Teacher. - Host Family Experiences in Study Abroad - Alexi Kim How can you build your personal global competence?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. ” is how Education Week describes the news. “Free College” “How to Pay for Free Community College ,” according to Inside Higher Ed. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. For more news about robots not taking jobs, see the HR section above.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. “I learned how to do math with the ancient abacus – and it changed my life,” says Ulrich Boser.