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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Author Will Kick off 2018 Writing Bee Finals

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(BOSTON, MA) May 8, 2018 - BoomWriter Media, Inc., a leading provider of online collaborative writing solutions for education, today announced that best-selling children’s books author and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series creator Jeff Kinney will expand his role in The 2018 Writing Bee by providing the story start for the Finals rounds.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Culture, as defined by Geneva Gay (2018) in her book Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice , is “a dynamic system of social values, cognitive codes, behavioral standards, worldviews, and beliefs used to give order and meaning to our own lives as well as the lives of others” (p. xii cited in Gay, p.

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Year of #SayingYes

EdTechTeam

Through much contemplation, mindfulness meditation, and general clarity - I’ve decided that this year, 2017-2018, is going to be the year of #sayingyes. My Goals for 2017-2018 Yes to new experiences… In January 2017, I enrolled in a principal and supervisor certification program (to be completely finished in June 2018).

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How Indian Tutoring App Provider Byju’s Got So Big

Edsurge

million) during its 2018 to 2019 fiscal year that ended in March—tripled from the prior fiscal year. In 2007, he started using the name “Byju’s CAT Classes”—a reference to the Management Institutes’ entrance exam—for his services, according to Indian trademark documents. So far, Byju’s performance appears to live up to the hype.

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Educating Kids for Life not for Tests

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: January 22, 2018. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript. Educating Kids for Life Not for Tests. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e236. Overview of Today’s Show.

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A Civic Imperative for Media Literacy: Moving Teens From Consumption to a Use/Action Paradigm

Educator Innovator

At a recent event hosted by 22×20, a student visits the “Annotate the SOTU” station, and inserts her thoughts directly into the State of the Union speech an open Google doc?—?along Vito co-founded The LAMP (Learning About Multimedia Project) in 2007. Using more active pedagogies can support a more inclusive learning space.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. They cited research showing that the proportion of job listings requiring a four-year degree increased by more than 10 percentage points from 2007 to 2010. . to $11 per hour.

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