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The best books I read in 2021

Dangerously Irrelevant

I read some great (and not so great) books in 2021! Here are my top few (and why)… My top book for 2021 is Difference Making at the Heart of Learning , by Tom Vander Ark & Emily Liebtag. I can’t believe I hadn’t somehow heard of Marko Kloos before November of 2021! Books I read in July 2021. Related Posts.

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2021 Reflections: Looking Back and Harnessing Powerful Possibilities

Digital Promise

As we approach the end of 2021, we at Digital Promise also wanted to reflect on the year that was. Below, Digital Promise staff share reflections, lessons, and learnings from 2021 and offer hopes for education in the new year. How 2021 has changed the way we view our role in education. What has inspired us over the past year. ??Juliana

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5 E-learning trends for 2021 and beyond

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published in Education Technology , on April 14, 2021. Systems that facilitate communication between teachers, students, and parents were needed before, but I think they will become even more crucial moving forward. The post 5 E-learning trends for 2021 and beyond appeared first on NEO BLOG.

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Top Five Blog Posts During 2021

User Generated Education

Here are the top five blog of 2021. This is not surprising given all of the remote learning in K-Higher Education especially in the beginning of 2021. As with the Virtual Team Building Activities, this wasn’t surprising given all of the remote learning during 2021. ” Blogging and Tweeting allow me to do so.

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TCEA 2021: A Texas District Tackles Security from the Inside Out

EdTech Magazine

CTO Victor Valdez, Senior Systems Engineer Ben Smith and Senior Network Engineer Michael Bohler discussed the initiative in “The Art of Making a District Safe,” at this year’s virtual TCEA 2021 conference. Their effort to reduce that uncertainty led to a multiyear effort to make PfISD fully secure — and to keep it that way.

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce 37 districts—including 26 new districts and 11 returning districts—will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2021-2022 school year. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness.

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Building Stronger Data Systems for the Future

Digital Promise

Over the past few months, district and charter leaders from 11 districts participating in Digital Promise’s Data Ready 2021 cohort have created actionable data interoperability implementation plans centered on a high-need use case anchored in secure data use, data management, and data integration. I want to understand their story.”

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