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eSports: The Growing Extra-Curricular Activity NOW!

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Kristy Custer is one of the pioneers of the video gaming movement in schools. Over the past 20 years, she has helped lead the CHSM team to state and national honors including a Crystal Star Award for Dropout Prevention Schools, Civic Advocacy Award, Promising Practice Award, and being named a National School of Character.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. The center’s first floor will provide flexible learning spaces, including a Skype room for video conferencing with outside experts, a quiet zone for research and a talking zone with soft furniture for group work and discussions. 5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. jena.passut_7651. Content Subtype.

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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

As a faculty member who has an outsized social media presence ( 53,000+ Twitter followers ; video series with 100+ million views ; one of the top education blogs in the world , etc.), They are great models for how to use social media in empowered ways for research dissemination, policy advocacy, and educational impact. Previous MMMs.

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Impero Software Announces New Version of its Flagship Product ? Impero Education Pro ? at ISTE 2018

techlearning

Chicago, June 24, 2018 – Impero Software, a leading provider of classroom management, network and online safety software to schools today announced the latest version of its award-winning product, Impero Education Pro V7. The company will showcase the new features of its award-winning product this week at ISTE 2018 in booth #630. “We

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10 Young People Who Changed the World to Add to Your Class Curriculum

Waterford

To teach your students about Jaylen’s mission, check out the videos and resources available on the Jaylen’s Challenge Foundation website. In addition to informing students about your local chapter , share this speech Isra gave at TedxWakeForestU on climate advocacy, racial justice, and intersectionality. Marley Dias. Sophie Cruz.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA Educational Foundation and Discovery Education Announce 10 National Finalists For Second Annual ‘Operation Prevention’ Video Challenge

techlearning

Teen Video Challenge to promote peer-to-peer dialogue about dangers of opioid misuse, award $10,000 grand prize and grant exclusive tour of DEA Training Academy Washington, D.C. The ten finalists’ videos can be viewed here. and Silver Spring Silver Spring, Md. – and Carter S. of Madison, Conn.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education name grand prize winner of Operation Prevention Video Challenge

techlearning

Teenagers across the nation were invited to submit 30-60 second video public service announcements that capture their unique voice in order to communicate the opioid epidemic as a national crisis. The winning video was chosen by a panel of educators and judges at Discovery Education, the DEA and DEA Educational Foundation.

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