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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

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Job growth from 2010 to 2014 was in the double digits in several engineering occupations. During Engineers Week, engineering societies, universities, companies, and other organizations organize workshops, competitions, seminars, outreach programs to schools, career fairs, and networking events. has approximately 1.6

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Grad Seminar on EdTech Part 2: How Can Digital Audio Enhance Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Then we advanced to podcasting’s second wave—the one we’re enjoying now—the one sparked by Serial ’s massive success in 2014. This is part 2. Read part 1 here. But our main concern was the pedagogical uses.

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ASHA 2014 Orlando Session

SpeechTechie

The details of the session are as follows: Session Code: 1718 Title : Pairing EVEN MORE Picture Books & Apps to Contextually Address Language Objectives Day : Saturday, November 22, 2014 Time : 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Location : Orange County Convention Center Room: W414CD Session Format: Seminar 1-hour Abstract : Support for using picture books in intervention (..)

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Getting More Students Through — Not Just To — College

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percent for students who started in fall 2014, according to a 2020 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The measure aims to fix a longstanding problem in American higher education: Many more people start college than finish on time, within six years—or ever. The national six-year college completion rate was 60.1

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ASHA Healthcare and Business Institute 2014

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Holland: mobile tech is most important development in aphasia tx in past 10 years: apps, Skype, youtube, Skype, games #slpeeps — Sean Sweeney (@SpeechTechie) April 11, 2014 Oops, I said Skype twice. I guess I thought it was important.

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PARENTING FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS (A Six-Week Summer "Bootcamp")

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This parent seminar is like no other. In this seminar, they provide a baseline of information that will help any parent become more empathetic and knowledgeable as they help guide these wonderful young persons in developing their own independence and confidence. Chris Loper: Chris has been an academic coach since 2014.

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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

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Cathy Davidson: So let me first back up just a little bit and tell your listeners about a wonderful study that Scott Freeman conducted for the Publications of the National Academy of Science in 2014, which is a meta study of 225 separate studies of learning. Active learning wins.

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