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What Is Your Why?: The Importance of Computer Science Education

Digital Promise

Pioneering districts in the League of Innovative Schools are at the forefront of incorporating computer science education in K-12, leading large-scale initiatives to integrate coding and computational thinking into their curricula. Relevance to Students.

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Preparing Students for the Future: Lessons from STEMpath's Industry Collaborations

MindSpark

What effective communication skills are they developing, which industry standard productivity tools are they using? Often the discussion is centered around what 'skill sets' to teach students. by Rose Gaylen How are your students preparing for a modern workforce? How are they collaborating so that they can succeed in the future?

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Four Ways School Leaders Can Support Meaningful Innovation

MindShift

When schools try to innovate, they often take a traditional top-down approach: devise a strategy, roll it out to teachers and support a high-fidelity implementation. In education and beyond, innovation is usually the result of iteration rather than central planning.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Ragan Toppan, a junior at Deering High School, took part in a walkout last fall to protest a change in the school’s grading policy. This past fall, Ragan Toppan, 16, walked out of her Algebra II class at Deering High School to protest her school’s recent switch to standards-based grading. We’re not ready for this.”.

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200 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? It will be an informative and action packed PBL Splash for Teachers and Leaders. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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The 2017 Global Education Conference (Online) Starts Today! Join Us!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The GEC features thought leaders from the world of education and beyond, is completely free to attend and takes place online in live webinar format. Please register HERE to get instant access to the conference AND to receive all the recording links after the conferences. Full details are here. for a Global impact!

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Makerspaces Nationwide Face the Question: Can Users 3D Print a Gun?

Edsurge

In some cases, the answer came back a clear 'No' for technical reasons, as the entry-level printers available at some library makerspaces simply aren’t up to the task of fabricating a firearm. Jones, a teacher-librarian at Howard County Public Schools, just outside of Washington, D.C., They declined, and cited their policy.”