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Is Education Entering the ‘Age of Alternatives’?

Edsurge

Even popular culture, where robot teachers and wired students have been a staple of science fiction for decades, demonstrates our tendency to project current beliefs that schools should “leverage” (i.e., be built around) those technologies perceived as representing the latest form of modernity. into a common identity. the Board of Education.

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Making MAKEing More Inclusive

User Generated Education

In an analysis of every MAKE magazine cover since the first issue in 2005–36 in all–Buechley found that the photos portrayed a “very narrow definition” of Maker activities. She pleaded with the audience to reach out to a more diverse group of makers and include all types of kids.

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Maker Programs Strive to Reach All Students

Educator Innovator

That’s particularly true in the maker movement, a term coined by Make magazine for its audience of hobbyists and would-be inventors tinkering with robots and rockets and cloning figs in their basements. Groups of participants were guided by a set of questions DreamYard developed for its afterschool programs.

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

techlearning

Change agents seek this group out a local voice missionary for speeding the adoption of innovation. If perhaps you were to approach this same list of categories with topics like Virtual and Augmented Reality, the Maker Movement, Coding, and/or Robotics… you may find yourself in a different adopter category. Source Notes Howell, J.,

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An Illinois district proved gifted programs can be racially diverse

The Hechinger Report

The group pledged to review all its policies to prioritize equity. Several Hispanic and Black families, represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, filed a federal class-action suit in 2005 that accused the district of discriminating against Hispanic students in school assignments, school closures and ELL services.

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How a School District Proved Gifted Programs Can Be Racially Diverse

MindShift

The group pledged to review all its policies to prioritize equity. Several Hispanic and Black families, represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, filed a federal class-action suit in 2005 that accused the district of discriminating against Hispanic students in school assignments, school closures and ELL services.

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5 Activities to teach your students how to spot fake news

Neo LMS

Show students the MGM version then reveal the real version , which is a picture from 2005 of a lion receiving a CAT scan. NASA plans to build a 4G network on the moon to help them control lunar robots. Divide your class into two groups: Group A: write a fake news story; Group B: write a real story. True or False?

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