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Fast Company Names Most Innovative Education Companies 2015

Marketplace K-12

The magazine chose the College Board, Google, Edcamp, Revolution Foods, Summit Public Schools, Democrats for Education Reform, and Teachers Pay Teachers among its top 10 "most innovative.". Ed-tech Google Innovation collegeboard democratsforeducationreform edcamp google summitpublicschools teacherspayteachers'

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. He is an organizer for Oklahoma EdCamp and the PLAYDATE OKC professional development conferences. He is the Director of Technology for the Casady School in Oklahoma City.

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5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

Another 2015 study shows that only 30% of teachers improve substantially with PD. Coming back from GAETC 2015, I realized that I had been to the conference before but my classroom was unchanged. Often a life coach doesn’t even work for the company of the person they are coaching. So while a content creator may have a Ph.D.,

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Connecting Personalized Professional Learning to a Bigger Purpose

The Principal of Change

A couple of things about the above quote: It is personalized YET ties directly to moving the company forward (“will most benefit Google”). To the first point, as a reminder: It is personalized YET ties directly to moving the company forward (“will most benefit Google”).

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Events + News - #TLChat LIVE! - NMC Preview - Students in Charge - iSchool Initiative

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

April 13th - April 27th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. While EdCamp IB will be focusing on education in the IB programs, this event is open to all educators who would like to learn with us.

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7 Ways to Spark Innovation and Collaboration In Your School

MSEDTechie

But a 2015 Gallup poll of students states that only 52% “say computer science is taught as part of other classes at their school,” and the stats worsen for low-income environments. And over at Nearpod, the company recently launched Nearpod VR.

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2016 EdTechTeam Impact Report

EdTechTeam

Breakout EDU was launched in 2015, and in 2016 EdTechTeam spun off Breakout Inc. as a separate company. In total, nine titles were published by the end of the year, with 2 more available for pre-sale. Approximately 25,000 books reached teachers’ hands through various channels, including kindle ebooks.

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