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GitHub?s New Education Bundle Equips Students With Industry-Standard Coding Tools

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million companies across the world, GitHub is considered the standard when it comes to software development platforms. GitHub is where many companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, host their open-source projects. In a nutshell, GitHub is a collaborative development tool popular among programmers and software companies.

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National KidWind Challenge Champions Announced in Windy City

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o Third Place – The Birds from Darlington Elementary-Middle School in Darlington, Wis. Since the first event in 2009, the KidWind Challenge and its partners have provided this opportunity to more than 15,000 students across 22 states. Middle School Division: o First Place – Oxford Air Sharks from Oxford Middle School in Oxford, Kan.

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Organizing the Edtech Toolbox

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During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. Whether tracking software via spreadsheets or interviewing teachers, the current methods weren’t working. Joseph, Ed.D.,

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The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

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Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. Among the survey’s findings: Google Classroom is by far the most popular learning management platform, used in more than 80 percent of districts. Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a.

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MI Learning Portal on iTunesU K-12

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Note: the following post was published in the Fall 2009 Edition of the MACUL Journal While some teachers are battling to keep iPods out of the classroom, I’m encouraging my students to use them as learning tools. You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash).

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Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a 2009 keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences! November 8, 2009 (21centuryedtech Article by Michael Gorman). A look at the works of Leonardo da Vinci will attest to this!

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

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Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. Teenagers come to the lab to develop their own projects under the tutelage of Google employees and Code Next’s academic coaches.

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