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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

2004), "Making workplace fun more functional", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. Respondents reported that having a fun work environment will increase the levels of enthusiasm, satisfaction, creativity, communications among staff and enhanced feelings of group cohesiveness (Ford et al., & Ryan, R. 1994) Promoting Self?determined

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Bluepoint Wind Awards $10,000 in Grants to New Jersey Teachers for Renewable Energy STEM Kits

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In addition to partnering with KidWind on this educator mini-grant initiative, Bluepoint Wind sits on their Career Pathways Ad Hoc Committee on Offshore Wind Energy Education to provide industry support around youth workforce development. As the first U.S.

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2023 CODiE Awards Announced

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SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. Over the years the awards have become recognized as the leading peer-recognized program in the business and Ed Tech industries. Founder of BrainPOP As a physician, scientific researcher, and entrepreneur, Avraham Kadar, M.D.

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Noodle Acquires ‘Key Assets’ of HotChalk to Expand Online Program Services

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But he’s had a change of heart and has written at length arguing these deals are too expensive for colleges and keep costs high for students—a point that is the subject of an ongoing, fierce debate among the higher education industry. Industry sources say that this transaction was likely nowhere near that amount.

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Utah’s Edtech Unicorn, Pluralsight Files for Initial Public Offering

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The Farmington, Utah-based provider of online courses for technology professionals has been on the radars of industry analysts ever since its $135 million Series B fundraise in 2014. edtech industry since Instructure, another Utah-based company, went public in November 2015. That year, it also added former U.S.

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Pluralsight, Vista Equity Partners Agree to $3.5 Billion Acquisition Deal

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The Utah-based company was founded in 2004 to compete against the likes of Lynda and other online education companies focused on serving technology and business professionals. Its platform features video courses developed mostly from paid third-party authors, to which individuals and organizations can subscribe to. “We

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SCORM: What is it? A Complete Study

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SCORM 2004 When SCORM 2004 was launched, it was called SCORM 1.3. As of now, there is no news regarding an updated version of SCORM 2004. It was updated shortly after, and only a few products now support SCORM 1.1. solved a lot of problems SCORM 1.1 It is the latest release and has all the updated features and tools.

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