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We Wondered If NFTs Could Change Education, So We Decided to Sell This Article on the Blockchain

Edsurge

Specifically, we are going to auction off an image of this article—the first NFT ever sold by EdSurge. Specifically, the 2007 video known as Charlie Bit My Finger , which has been viewed more than 885 million times, sold as an NFT for more than $760,000. So here’s our experiment: We’re selling an image of this article as an NFT.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

These faculty members also may struggle to juggle the demands of the professorship with family commitments, raising children, service to practitioners, a growing social media presence, and innovation in realms that most postsecondary institutions fail to value. This second path would be me, of course.

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The People and Moments That Define Us

A Principal's Reflections

After having assumed the duties of both athletic director and vice principal at New Milford High School I became the principal in 2007. If I was graded I would have probably received an A for running my school where strict rules had to be followed by students, mobile devices banned, and all social media blocked.

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I love the #DEN

Kathy Schrock

This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in February 2020 and is re-posted here with permission. _ The use of social media is commonplace for educators nowadays. I interact daily with teachers on Twitter, which is my social network of choice. A little history.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

From Zoom to Skype to Webinars and even live streaming on social media itself, video is perhaps the most visible and common form of technological innovation in K-12 and higher ed. In a 2016 article, ‘ Innovation in Higher Education: Can Colleges Really Change?’, We shall see. An example? ’, Dustin Swanger, Ed.D

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Summer SuperHighway: Liliana Richter on Teaching for Social Justice

Education Superhighway

For example, my students know a great deal about social media, many can create music digitally, are prolific texters, etc, but have trouble typing on a laptop. My entire curriculum is centered around social injustice and how we might play a role in helping our country live up to its ideals.) Why or why not? Absolutely.

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EDI 2.0 Mini-Conference in 2 Weeks - Presentations Announced

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #edi20 on their social media posts about the event. Cooke’s research and teaching interests include human information behavior, fake news consumption and resistance, critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship. Jefferson, Jr.