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10 Summer Jobs For Teachers 2017

EdNews Daily

Please find 10 summer jobs for teachers in 2017 listed below. 10 Summer Jobs For Teachers in 2017: Back to Basics Learning Dynamics is hiring experienced, accomplished tutors, teachers, translators, interpreters, and education specialists in Delaware. Summer jobs for teachers in 2017! These companies are hiring now.

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Partnering Literacy and Technology to Improve One School

Digital Promise

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. Providing professional development to support teachers’ effective use of technology in classrooms.

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Google Makes a Rare Education Technology Acquisition: Workbench

Edsurge

It also offers a programming interface where students can do coding exercises and even control bluetooth-connected devices that are integrated with the platform. According to The Baltimore Sun , the company claimed users in roughly 10,000 schools as of October 2017. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Meet the 5 Education Technology Startups From Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Class

Edsurge

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017. Each course is made up of 70-odd short lessons and exercises.

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OER Had Its Breakthrough in 2017. Next Year, It Will Become an Essential Teaching Tool

Edsurge

Those days are over: 2017 was OER’s breakthrough year. Until recently, the use of OER—digital educational materials that are both more easily adaptable by instructors and more affordable than traditional textbooks—was being led by early-adopter professors driven by a desire to improve teaching and an interest in new technology.

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How to Mix STEM Education and Creativity in the Classroom

Waterford

Lately, the three Rs of school have been eclipsed by a focus on STEM education , or Science , Technology , Engineering , and Math. That’s why you’ll often see an emphasis on STEAM—Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. 7 Ways to Encourage Creativity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Classes. April 2017.

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5 critical ingredients in a school safety plan

eSchool News

In response, districts nationwide are investing in human and technological resources to improve security for students, teachers, and parents. Conduct tabletop exercises of real-life scenarios. These in-house stakeholders can be tremendous defensive assets, but only if they know how to effectively respond to a crisis situation.

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