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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. Trish Torizzo, chief information officer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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5 Technologies to Watch In 2011

The Electric Educator

Five companies to watch in 2011 Five trends to watch in 2011 Five people to follow in 201 1 Five Blogs to read in 2011 Josef Dunne, Via Flickr 1. HTML5 The development of HTML5 has been underway since 2004. Cell phones are a lot cheaper than laptops and cellular connections are a lot easier to come by than WiFi networks.

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Daring Conference Packing Tips & Tricks

The Daring Librarian

I get these in the mail from companies I''ve donated to $ like the Chesapeake Bay Foundation , Public Television, etc. One of my fav Coach totes above an hold my laptop and my iPad! Yes.though I''m baby-free-by-choice, this bag is great for laptops & traveling! my lucky soft tie-dye Google shirt from 2004!)

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

ProfHacker

I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company. If they like the footy, a couple of books: Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager or Amy Lawrence’s Invincible: Inside Arsenal’s Unbeaten 2003-2004 Season are likely to interest.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

To date, Stephen’s work has been featured by Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, TNT, Disney, Discovery TV, NPR, Teach Middle East, The Gulf National, and countless others. In 2004, she started her Rethinking Learning blog in My eCoach.

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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

The legislation also ordered telecom companies to provide their services to all public schools and libraries at discounted rates – from 20% to 90% off depending on the services provided and number of students receiving free and reduced school lunches. ” Among them: an $8.71

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