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15 Ways to Get More Motivated This Week

The CoolCatTeacher

In that time, he has received numerous awards for his outstanding teaching, including being named the 2014 Utah English Teacher of the Year. Finally, he is the co-author of The New Science Teacher’s Handbook: What You Didn’t Learn From Student Teaching , and was a featured columnist in English Journal. ”

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How Automated Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. Singer has funded and led a wide range of digital companies over the past twenty years, and the list of business and charitable boards on which he serves is long.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

Learn more or connect with Amanda on Twitter @ AmandaFoxSTEM Brad Weinstein Brad Weinstein founded TeacherGoals in 2014 as a way to inspire educators that do such important work with students. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K. It's nothing new.

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How Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. Singer has funded and led a wide range of digital companies over the past twenty years, and the list of business and charitable boards on which he serves is long.

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

TeachThought - Learn better.

a statistical-services company based in Rockville, Maryland. However, the primary influencer is the job market and the resulting demand for workers with statistical and analytical skills, which LinkedIn ranked as the most important job skills in 2014 ( link ). It’s also important to note that this growth is not a passing fad.

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Literacies for the digital age: Financial literacy

Kathy Schrock

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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When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

Edsurge

Around 6 o’clock on a fall morning in 2018, Jordan sat down at her desk, donned her headset, and logged in to her account with VIPKid , a Beijing-based company that connects native English-speaking teachers like her with children in China for live, online video lessons. There’s no handbook,” she explains. THE DAY STARTED OUT LIKE MOST.

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