The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

RSCON5 will take place July 11th - 13th, 2014 and will feature 60+ presentations, 2 plenaries, 10 keynotes, student presenters, and much more. Sylvia Martinez will lead a pre-conference Invent To Learn workshop, plus a conference session. Presenters: Kelly Mendoza, Common Sense Media and Gail Densler, Elk Grove Unified School District.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Dozens of states have incorporated more rigorous standards through the implementation of the Common Core. During national conferences, workshops and school-wide meetings these teachers share very specific and very real classroom challenges. Efforts to improve these numbers have abounded. I don’t like math … in general.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update May 6th, 2014 Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. ISTE Unplugged in Atlanta - June 27th, 2014. Saturday is Global Education Day and the new Invent to Learn workshop, Bloggers'' Cafe starts on Sunday, and more to be revealed. We''ll see you Thursday.

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Kathy Schrock

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

This post originally appeared in September of 2014 on my Discovery Educator Network blog, Kathy''s Katch , where I pen a monthly blog post. Please take a look at the blog when you get a a chance. The new posts go up the first day of each month! _ I have identified thirteen literacies important for students to master, which you can see below.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

She set up workshops and sent them to professional development days. The teachers were learning about inquiry-based teaching at the workshops, but they didn’t know how to actually do it when they got back to their classrooms. Teachers go to workshops and professional development days where they might get great new ideas about teaching.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

It began exploding about a decade ago, thanks in large part to the enthusiastic audience of Make magazine and the popularity of public events such as Maker Faires (the most well-known of which was hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in 2014.) Sheridan, George Mason University, in the Harvard Educational Review, Winter 2014.).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Opened in 2014 when two existing vocational programs consolidated, Essex Tech is preparing to graduate its first senior class to have spent the entirety of their high school careers at the new campus. That’s the trade-off students have to make to come here,” O’Toole said. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Wednesday, April 9th at 4pm Thinking Scientifically: Video and Formative Assessment with POPstar Robert Miller , POPstar Robert Miller - an award-winning 5th-grade teacher - hosts this interactive workshop covering inquiry-based science curriculum; the creative use of video; and one of his favorite resources, NSTA’s Formative Assessment Probes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. Friday, March 14th at 8:30am PDT NCCE 2014 Keynote: "Making, Love, and Learning" with Gary Stager. A book signing will follow.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update December 9th, 2014 The test and the use of man''s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Monday, December 15th at 4pm edWeb Webinar: Top 5 Digital Tools of 2014 , What are the top apps, websites, and games for learning of 2014? Details to join at live.classroom20.com.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 1, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update July 1st, 2014 Technology is just a tool. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Updates 2014 Reform Symposium (RSCON5) Kicks Off Next Week. Learn more here. Join in at [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

We''ve also just added information about the Invent to Learn workshop on Saturday with Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez (which is the same day as our Global Ed event , but we''re magnanimous around here). The Common Core opens the door for innovative teaching techniques to ensure students are college and career ready.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 9, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update July 9th, 2014 The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Updates Reform Symposium 2014 (#RSCON5) This Week - July 11th - 13th.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. ” That’s after paying £4,327 in UK taxes in 2014. The Chronicle of Higher Education has Falwell’s response to the students.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Here are the areas that have seen the most ed-tech investment activity so far this year: Learning to code : Investments include Galvanize ($45,000,000), Codecademy ($30,000,000), Andela ($24,000,000), Wonder Workshop ($20,000,000), Revature ($20,000,000). Everything’s a business opportunity.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The incident caused a great deal of furor, perhaps because it came at a moment of heightened political outcry about the Common Core State Standards and standardized testing. ConnectEDU. TurnItIn (and the Cheating Detection Racket).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via the Chiago Sun Times : “A suburban father and son accused in 2014 of scamming public school districts out of millions – only to post diamonds and rubies to get out of jail – pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail fraud. ” The CEO in question: Nicholas Trombetta. ” More lawsuit news in the sports section below.

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