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Library 2.017 Makerspaces Special Pre-Conference Webinar - Fayetteville Free Library on "STEAM and Making at the FFL"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As a special bonus for registering (free) for the Library 2.017 Makerspaces mini-conference , you also can attend live and/or watch the recording of a special 90-minute live Webinar with the folks from Fayetteville Free Library on "STEAM and Making at the FFL." Please also join the Library 2.0

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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MOOC Pioneer Coursera Tries a New Push: Selling Courseware to Colleges

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The company, which was started by two Stanford University professors in 2012 and is now one of the most well-funded in the education industry , has always been highly picky about which colleges it works with to develop courses.

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Books to Africa and A Personal Transformation to a Global Educator

The CoolCatTeacher

I have had a Books to Africa program going since 2012. Prior to landing her librarian dream job, she was both a secondary and primary classroom teacher. Together with her students, she started the Books to Africa program in 2012. Julie: Well, at this point it’s threefold. This is her 29th year of teaching.

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Rural students often go unnoticed by colleges. Can virtual counseling put them on the map?

The Hechinger Report

Cayanne Korder, 18, studies in the Red Wing High library before heading to a local hospital for an internship. Red Wing High laid off its full-time college adviser in 2012 amid budget cuts. Kami Aguilar, a counselor at a high school in Happy Valley, Oregon on her work as a virtual counselor for an online charter from 2012 to 2015.

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Reflections on the Annual Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G) Institutes

esri

We also believe that GIS needs to be included in every person’s formal education from primary to university level and offered in informal settings such as libraries, museums, and in after-school programs. The 30 attendees each year range from 4-H coordinators to university professors and librarians to secondary school instructors.

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Live Interview Tuesday, January 31st - David Loertscher on Physical and Virtual Learning Commons and Building Personal Learning Environments

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Tuesday, January 31st, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with David Loertscher, professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University and proponent of the library as a new learning commons. psid=2012-01-31.1627.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350