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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., For its part, St.

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2014 Global Education Conference - Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D., Join the movement to all children everywhere access to education.

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. From the stage, educators from Los Angeles Unified School District shared how their district’s digital citizenship strategy began in 2014 and has included panels and parent workshops to get buy-in from various stakeholders. I was never alone.”

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. They might assign resources from the campus library, which students experience as being “free” since the fee they pay in support of the library is bundled with their tuition.

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Launching Future Ready Librarians

NeverEndingSearch

The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. The printable Future Ready Librarians Fact Sheet can be a critical advocacy tool. district-wide outline seven tenets relating to digital learning. . How can librarians become more Future Ready?

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E-rate funding toolkit aims to make applying easier

eSchool News

Common Sense Kids Action, the advocacy arm of Common Sense Media, and SETDA will work together this year and in 2016 and 2017 to encourage digital leaders to file applications for E-rate program funding. Common Sense Kids Action and SETDA will collaborate to help connect every U.S.

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Are you future ready?

NeverEndingSearch

The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. The printable Future Ready Librarians Fact Sheet can be a critical advocacy tool. district-wide outline seven tenets relating to digital learning. . We examined the framework and linked it to the things librarians are already doing.