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FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The Learning Through Technology Team at the Maine Department of Education is looking for a high energy, entrepreneurial-thinking, collaborative educator who would like to work with us. We currently have one opening for a Regional Education Representative: Digital Learning Specialist (and anticipate two more in the coming months).

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

.” Unfortunately, there is a wide gap between the number of under-skilled Rhode Islanders and the number of adult education openings available through the state. Even if there were enough adult education services to help each person, some adults are unaware of which skills they need.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Over the years I have longed to create a position that would serve a multi-faceted role of librarian, media specialist, and educational technologist. Here are a few highlights from her short tenure thus far: Created a digital badge platform to recognize informal learning being undertaken by NMHS staff.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

We hear claims that makerspaces are too difficult to manage and maintain, often falling on the shoulders of one committed educator or program leader. Engineers at nearby technology companies and factories can provide students with hands-on lessons and lead design challenges, and libraries can provide free technology kits and resources.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 29, 2013

As the largest digital library of peer-sourced study materials, StudyBlue is inviting students, parents and industry leaders nationwide to join in building a virtual Wall of Thanks to give back to the educators who have made a difference in their lives. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Play as the vehicle of education is not a revolutionary idea. Department of Education, Newfoundland Labrador. Everyone with an internet connection has access now to the world’s biggest library — the web — and the ability to capture more learning than ever possible. Friedrich Froebel.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Creating & Coding Picademy (Raspberry Pi Foundation) [FREE] www.raspberrypi.org/training/picademy Become a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. Picademy is the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s free face-to-face professional development program that supports educators throughout their digital making and computing journey.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The online degree market has been one of the fastest-growing and most resilient segments of American higher education over the last two decades. Today, more than three million students pursue higher education fully online, representing a $20-billion market. According to U.S.

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Adjusting Course

JANUARY 17, 2018

Do your “booktalks” inspire the masses to head straight to the nearest library to check-out the book you just shared? We start with a field of 16 passionate educators from around the globe: 8 Lead Learners (coached by @GustafsonBrad ) and 8 Literacy Legends (coached by @JenniferLaGarde ). If you answered yes, to any (or all!)

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Heck, our education system has become so good at maintaining the status quo and enforcing compliance throughout that we and many others have been brainwashed into thinking any other course of action would be foolish. If education is good for one thing it is making excuses not to move forward. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Discuss with the decision-makers at your school and/or your Google for Education administrator. Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Related: Google Classroom Student Selector (Digital Popsicle Sticks!).

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Today, the National Writing Project and Educator Innovator join partners across the country in announcing Collective Shift , a nonprofit organization whose mission is to redesign social systems for the connected age. 2015 LRNG Innovators Challenge. Launching in November as part of LRNG are the 2015 LRNG Innovators Challenge.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 16, 2014

This year, the Afterschool Alliance is once again partnering with Educator Innovator to highlight the meaningful, engaging and fun learning that’s happening in schools, libraries, museums and community-based organizations after the school day ends.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

But we also know that for many educators summer is a time to collaborate, try new tools, and come up with ideas. Studies have shown that the gap between what high- and low-income families spend on education enrichment has tripled in the last 40 years. Connecting all these activities are digital badges.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Monday, November 14th, is day two of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. We are ready for another great day of sessions and keynotes!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Monday, November 14th, is day two of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. IMPORTANT NOTES: We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. Please read it thoroughly if you are considering playing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. National Geographic defines a geo-educator as any individual working to improve young peoples'' understanding of the world.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Tuesday, November 15th, is day three of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. We are ready for another great day of sessions and keynotes!

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 23, 2015

Young people can take self-directed journeys through any number of participating organizations, completing activities and receiving digital badges to recognize their achievements. In Dallas, for example, kids can intern at the mayor’s office , dissect owl pellets at the library, or program a virtual robot at RoboMind Academy.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 1, 2017

After attending my first EdTechTeam Summit at the end of January, the following couple of weeks were filled with hours of creating, tinkering, and exploring the endless opportunities that the G Suite for Education had to offer. Three months later, I had the chance to attend another summit a little closer to home in Breckenridge, Colorado.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 8, 2014

We’ve heard a lot of talk these days about open educational resources and online courses and how these platforms can make high-quality learning available for all. Khan Academy has been the darling of the tech industry because of its potential to disrupt existing models of educational content delivery.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 6, 2015

For teens participating in a college preparation program at the Free Library of Philadelphia last summer, it was also filled with making, film production, and creating a set of badges for younger kids. The whole purpose of the badging system was to help prepare other teens and preteens, because they were on the other side.

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techlearning

AUGUST 6, 2018

Schools want their educators to learn and grow, but in practice, professional development is innately broken, or even in some situations, nonexistent. As a result, individual educators are frequently left to manage their own development, which hasn't necessarily been a bad thing. Who wants to develop that solution with me?

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. It’s not a perfect system, but keep in mind that it was designed to protect students and your G Suite for Education accounts. Discuss with the decision-makers at your school and/or your G Suite for Education administrator. Badging Systems.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I''m going to talk about the "Learning Revolution:" why I think this is such an important time historically for learning, tying that back to what I''ve learned in the last seven years of building online communities for education, and then sharing my newest project: LearningRevolution.com. It should even be a little edgy and challenging.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

These trends present great risks in a job market that is already polarized and biased toward knowledge work and technology skills, with growing gaps based on educational attainment. There is growing acknowledgement and new evidence that this situation is worsening equity gaps in the job market and within higher education.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. While there is no substitute to having an attorney or special education director focused on special education legislation, there are additional services that can keep the flow of information coming. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Department of Education Secretary in October 2016. The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Wednesday, November 16th, is the final day of our the seventh annual Global Education Conference. We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. Please read it thoroughly if you are considering playing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update December 9th, 2014 The test and the use of man''s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Be sure to join the Australian Educators network to be kept informed of conference news and volunteer opportunities as we get closer to the event. We Need Your Vote! Register here.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. Advantages School International provides quality education to students around the globe.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Wednesday, November 19th, is day three of the fifth annual Global Education Conference. We had another great day of sessions and keynotes on Tuesday, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page. The list of Wednesday''s sessions, in US-Eastern Standard Time, is below.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Special thanks to TCEA and IDEAcon , and all of the amazing educators engaging in professional learning. Quick Tip Video Library. Check out episode 96 about digital badges ). Work with Shake Up Learning and Kasey Bell. Quick Tip (Easy QR Code in Chrome). Google Chrome has a new feature! Gamify your lessons. Collaboration.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appeared in front of a Senate subcommittee this week to talk about Trump’s budget proposal. said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 6, 2016

Each chapter provides rationale, research, and/or models for change, with comprehensive examples and resource links sprinkled throughout to highlight how these change have been done by today’s educators. In addition, educators need to want to change their practice, beginning from within instead of with leadership mandates.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 6, 2016

Each chapter provides rationale, research, and/or models for change, with comprehensive examples and resource links sprinkled throughout to highlight how these change have been done by today’s educators. In addition, educators need to want to change their practice, beginning from within instead of with leadership mandates.

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