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Competency-Based Education: A Reading Journey

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

One very important point here: as with all of my Edtech Elixirs entries and my personal social media posts, this is only Adam Watson's ideal list as of this posting. The book also helped me think more deeply about the importance of advisory scheduling, graduate profiles, and students doing defenses of learning. Chris Sturgis.

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How You Can Bring Creativity Back Into Your Classroom With Project-Based Learning

Edsurge

Teacher Sets the Standards, Student Chooses the Project As you get ready for the new 2016-2017 school year, you wonder—where does one start? Artwork based on a scene of the story. Social Media Profile Page. As teachers, if we use technology solely for its own sake, we do students a disservice. Bring it down to the basics.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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