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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education name grand prize winner of Operation Prevention Video Challenge

techlearning

Available at no cost, the initiative’s resources help promote lifesaving discussions in the home and classroom. About the DEA Educational Foundation Established in 2001, the DEA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preventing drug abuse. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Why What We Are Teaching Is Wrong and What We Should Do About It

Fractus Learning

But speaking as a teacher with more than 10 years of experience, coming from a family of teachers with over 50 years of combined classroom experience from all levels from kindergarten to college, it is not exactly the choicest curriculum for students in the 21st Century. My grandfather did not have Internet, cell phones, Facebook, etc.

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She Hired Me! Betty Shiver, the woman who convinced me to become a teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

We discuss hiring, inspiring, and having conversations that inspire people to change and improve their classrooms. But also, I just remember for example, when Flat Classroom happened. So many of the projects in my classroom happened because I went to you, and we had conversations. You know, what’s going on in their classroom.

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The primary goals of this event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, projects, and networks that are available to educators today. This will take you to the event VoiceThread.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” And there’s a blog post on Medium , because I guess someone thinks it’s a good idea for the Office of Ed Tech to outsource its website to a for-profit company. Edsurge was there too.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

11, 2001, has not been in use since 2011, so the move is largely symbolic and appeared to be aimed at distancing the departing administration from any effort by the new president to revive the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or Nseers.” Education Politics. DE is distance education.