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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002. She holds multiple technology certifications, including, but not limited to, IC3 certification, Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Apple Teacher 2016, and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer and Expert.

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The Effectiveness of Online Learning Depends on Design

Catlin Tucker

In fact, virtual reality simulation training is being used to recreate a hospital ward for student nurse education (Elliman, Loizou, and Loizides, 2016). There are already educational institutions using virtual reality to place learners in a real-life scenario to apply their knowledge and skills. Elliman, J., doi: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2016.7590377.

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Before you start bashing the Millennials…

Dangerously Irrelevant

In 2016, young workers with a high school diploma had roughly triple the unemployment rate and three and a half times the poverty rate of college grads. Between 1970 and 2002, the probability that a working-age American would unexpectedly lose at least half her family income more than doubled. Since 2010, the economy has added 11.6

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Certiport Names 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist US National Champions

eSchool News

This year marks 21 years since the competition began in 2002. The champions topped 185 finalists at the live competitive event in Orlando, Florida, and the first-place winners will head to the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship in Orlando, Florida, USA in August.

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The best PD webinars of 2016—did you watch?

eSchool News

edWeb.net just completed an analysis of their 2016 webinar viewership stats for 2016. The professional learning community hosted 260 PD webinars in 2016 that were viewed by 165,000 educators – an average of 635 educators per webinar. Next page: 7 more of the top early learning PD webinars of 2016).

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Journal of Teacher Education, 2002, 53(2), pp. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2002, 15(6), pp. September 2016. For more recommendations, check out the NYC Reads 365 list , released and updated annually by the Department of Education, to find diverse reads for PreK-12 students. Sources : Gay, G.

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Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field

The Hechinger Report

The percentage of jobs that require low levels of digital skill dropped from 56 percent in 2002 to 30 percent in 2016. The percentage of jobs that require low levels of digital skill dropped from 56 percent in 2002 to 30 percent in 2016. workforce in all industries since 2001.

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