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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Vicki: So we’re here at the NNSTOY conference (nnstoy.org) and we’re talking with Catherine Davis-Hayes @cdhayes13 , 2007 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year. What’s your philosophy of that?

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OPINION: With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

The Hechinger Report

Brought sharply into focus during the 2007-8 Great Recession — and seemingly every month since in the news and on social media — the U.S. An example: In the shifting economy of the 1990s , schools like ours were preparing students for the “jobs of tomorrow” — today’s bioethicists, digital designers and DEI managers.

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Remake Learning Days Celebrate Hands-On Learning Through Free Events

Edsurge

Take the World’s Largest Matt’s Maker Space for example, which will be hosted by Mt. Remake Learning Days originated from the Remake Learning Network , established in 2007, a network that ignites engaging, relevant and equitable learning practices in support of young people navigating rapid social and technological change.

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Science Interactive Group Acquires Another Company to Grow Its Lab Education Kits

Edsurge

A video from for-profit college American National University shows an example of a student might use a kit from eScience Labs. Science education technology is a growing field, with recent advancements in robotic technology at medical schools and technology used to scale nursing education, she says.

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How Teaching Spatial Skills Could Be Part of a School’s Strategic Plan

MindShift

In 2007, Columbus School for Girls added “spatial skills development” to its new strategic plan, based on suggestions from Swarlis and a fellow administrator. For example, the preschool and kindergarten children began to create maps of the campus, design and build 3-D treehouses and use geoboards. Getting Started.

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Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later

Edsurge

For example, imagine two versions of a college algebra course. Yes, working actively to erode the student-faculty relationship—or worse, somehow obviate the faculty role—by trying to create “ a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind ” is entirely wrong-headed. MindTap ACE announcement for a “real world example.”

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Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later

Iterating Toward Openness

For example, imagine two versions of a College Algebra course. Yes, working actively to erode the student-faculty relationship – or worse, somehow obviate the faculty role – by trying to create “ a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind ” is entirely wrong-headed. No 5Rs and no open pedagogy.

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