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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

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It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. A recent and exciting challenge transpired as co-facilitator of the virtual participants in the 2013 Flat Classroom Conference in Yokohama, Japan.

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3 Key Actions for 2021-22 You Can Take Now

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They showed up in tech access and connectivity, food availability and even transportation, especially in historically underserved communities. Schools and districts set up temporary solutions that got them through the most challenging pandemic moments, from tech access to transportation. Access to food, for example, among them.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

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But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. Buy the all-access pass here and have access to all the sessions and bonus materials forever. He received, among many global awards, the million-dollar TED Prize in 2013.

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Truth, truthiness, triangulation and the librarian way: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

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Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit and Tumblr played huge roles in disseminating political information during the past election season. On Twitter’s 10th birthday this year, Poynter, the respected journalism portal, listed 10 Twitter How Tos –guides for using Twitter for journalism from its own archive.

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Education Technology and the Business of Student Debt

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percent, for those who began repayment in 2013–14,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in September. This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003,” Inside Higher Ed reported in November. percent to 11.5 ” That was March.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” He has been the president of the student loan org Strada Education Network (formerly known as USA Funds) since 2013. “More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access” by David Wiley.

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The Politics of Education Technology

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Hayden is the first new librarian of Congress since 1987,” The New York Times observed at her swearing in in September, “and brings with her another generation’s ideas about accessibility, technology and the role that libraries play in society.” What will happen to “net neutrality”?