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 Minnesota’s Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Public Schools’ New Partnership Powers the Creation of Dynamic Digital Learning Environments Supporting Science Education 

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With a mission to grow future world-class leaders, GFW aims to provide all learners an equitable and quality education that meets the individual needs of students with future-forward instruction.

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Online Education Isn’t the Sideshow. It’s the Main Event.

Edsurge

Universities that can meet the growing needs of adult learners with high-quality, career-aligned, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities are the ones that will emerge from the pandemic as stronger, more relevant institutions.

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A Conference Not to Be Missed

A Principal's Reflections

The annual Edscape Conference will once again be held at New Milford High School in New Milford, NJ on Saturday October 13, 2012. Hundreds of educators from over seven different states and Canada will once again descend upon my school to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path.

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Open Educational Resources Are ‘Moving Up the Adoption Ladder’ Around the World

Edsurge

At the October 2019 UNESCO General Conference meeting, multiple governments agreed to adopt a set of legal and technical standards for OER materials so that they can be better shared across borders. In Germany, there’s #OERcamp , a series of informal meetups for educators that’s been running since 2012. In the U.S.,

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What You Need to Know About E-rate

Digital Promise

The funding requested by schools reached nearly $5 billion in 2012 and 2013, according to District Administration magazine. Meanwhile, Riverside used their $9 million E-rate subsidy to purchase mobile learning devices equipped with 4G data connectivity.

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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

Before we even got started, a team of us designed two Board Authority Authorized (BAA) courses for the school: Foundations of Inquiry and Digital Learning (digital literacy). Here are the original courses and the updates to meet the new BC curriculum requirements: Original Courses. Digital Learning 10 in Abbotsford.

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The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

eSchool News

Central Valley School District administrators envisioned such a shift when they decided to begin swapping paper textbooks for iPads in the 2012-13 school year. “I spend less time waiting for students to copy notes and more time helping students work problems,” Sowinski said.

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