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Maximizing COVID Relief Funding and Its Effectiveness

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After retiring from the Air Force in 2003 he worked for several years in the simulation training development area for the Research Triangle Institute in a wide variety of education, training and analysis efforts and wrote several papers in these areas.

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Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy

EdTechTeacher

Since the 1960s, as computers have become cheaper, smaller, and faster, they have replaced many of the routine tasks that people had previously completed, fundamentally changing the task composition of the labor market (Autor, Levy, & Murnane, 2003). Dancing with robots: Human skills for computerized work. References. Washington.

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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school. We've come a long way baby!

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Teacher: Know Thyself – School Culture Shift is About the People

techlearning

If you are reading this blog post it is likely that you are the champion, my friend, and that you will keep on fighting until the end, since there’s no time for losers, cause you are the champion of the world…. The Maker Movement’s Innovator may also be the Robotic’s Laggard, and there’s nothing wrong with that. but I digress.

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The Greatest EdTech Generation Ever – LIVE Blog of Justin Reich’s Keynote

EdTechTeacher

To begin, Justin recommends reading Frank Levy and Richard Murnane’s work, Dancing with Robots. Computers can increasingly solve routine tasks, so the question becomes, what are the kinds of things that computers and robots can’t do. By thinking beyond school, we can start thinking more creatively within school.

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

ProfHacker

I especially love the DIY Girls Creative Electronics Kit ($50), aimed at age 6 and up, which contains three electronic projects–creating a paper circuit to light up your creation like a holiday card; creating and personalizing your own robot, including a motor and battery to make it dance; and making a tutu that lights up electronically.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Previously, she was a Technology Integrator at Sacred Heart teaching robotics and programming to 5th through 7th grades and supporting the faculty''s technology and integration needs. Her professional blog, Always Learning, is an invaluable resource for teachers seeking examples of authentic student engagement. Father Goose).Sea