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Spreading First Aid for Teens’ Mental Health by Training Adults to Help

MindShift

A 2001 survey conducted by the Department of Education found almost 50 percent of students age 14 and older with mental illness withdraw from school, and a recent study, published in the journal BMC Public Health discovered males with psychological disorders are five times more likely to quit attending school.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced authorship–its wikiness–has provoked debate relating to authority, despite the fact that many Wikipedia authors are topic experts and that a growing number of librarians and academics contribute by adding and editing references. Follow #containercollapse on Twitter.

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

You can also follow the event on Twitter @GlobalEdCon and using the hashtag #globaled19. Electronic Village Online (EVO) has developed as a community of practice that in 2001 facilitated a program of online discussions and workshops that have been held every year since then each January-February. , follow the directions here.

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My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01

Educational Technology Guy

One other thing - there weren''t any fighter planes overhead that we could see, but there were multiple helicopters flying around, both for security purposes, and to survey things from the air. I returned to the City on November 18th, 2001 for the EMS Memorial Service. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

Indeed, Americans don’t actively seek out scientific information , one survey found this year, relying on their general news source – “mainstream journalism,” if you will – to provide them with irregular updates on the latest research. “A Nation at Risk” and such.