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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

Ask a Tech Teacher

Since 2007, the number of engineering grads nationwide has shot up 33%. During Engineers Week, engineering societies, universities, companies, and other organizations organize workshops, competitions, seminars, outreach programs to schools, career fairs, and networking events. Forbes published three good reasons: The U.S.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar. Class Clowns ” by Jonathan A.

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A Ninja’s Take on Education Policy: Interview With Linda Darling-Hammond

Edsurge

Many districts are still spending less today than they did in 2007. Outside of education, Darling-Hammond has a dizzying array of talents and interests—from playing classical piano, to rattling off long number sequences, to a past addiction to soap operas. We’ll also need a great infusion of technology. So we do need some major investments.

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The hidden audience effect

Learning with 'e's

Held in Bradford's prestigious National Media Museum (more on this in a future post), the day was packed full of quick fire workshops, seminars and plenary presentations. A splendid time was had by all at yesterday's bMoble12 event.

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Is strength-based learning a “magic bullet?”

The Hechinger Report

After the Great Recession that began in December 2007, the community’s unemployment rate skyrocketed. An area joke calls Galt “the lowest place in California,” referring to its 47 feet of elevation above sea level while also taking a jab at its people’s hardship. Folks moved away, and the district had to close an elementary school.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

In 2007 Jon Udell made this argument in an Educause podcast, addressing non-educational data ( link ). Q: Autumm Caines asked:”I’m getting ready to teach a 1st year seminar on digital citizenship. Administrators can get their fair share of data; students should have some say in that.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

In 2007 Jon Udell made this argument in an Educause podcast, addressing non-educational data ( link ). Q: Autumm Caines asked:”I’m getting ready to teach a 1st year seminar on digital citizenship. Administrators can get their fair share of data; students should have some say in that.

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