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In Announcing Winners of Higher Ed Challenge, Ed Dept Looks Ahead to 2030

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Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology held its first major event in nearly two years on Thursday, and the main takeaway is that the office is busy planning for the future—2030, to be exact. But they were not able to make it to Washington for the event—they had class to attend.

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Memorization is Not a Bad Thing

The Principal of Change

Here is a scenario: The year is 2030, and you are having a conversation at a dinner party. Eventually, people start talking about a significant historical event, and you have never heard about it before. I spent a lot of time as a student being tested on dates of events rather than discussing the implication of the events themselves.

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Education Looks Eastward: Snapshots from Beijing's Global Education Technology Summit

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China had a reputation for copying technology from Silicon Valley, but these days the country has developed its own unique technology environment—what a new book by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google China, calls an “alternate internet universe.” It’s also a place where companies are racing into technologies that raise tough ethical issues.

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Digital K-12 Classroom Online Summit | Feb 21-23, 2020

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The Collaboration in the Digital K-12 Classroom Online Summit is a global online only event brings together innovative global educators to share and explore best digital classroom practices that initiate collaboration, help students achieve higher academic results, and develop 21st-century thinking skills. from all over the world ?? !

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Learning Revolution Events - AltEdFilmFest - Homeschool+ - Gaming in Ed Call for Proposals - Open Letter from a Highly Creative Child

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Updates It''s a Big Week For Us! For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.

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Educational Leadership for Social Good

EdTechTeam

Our teammate and Events Director, Al Thomas , a former principal himself, ran the Education Leaders Network Playground, which featured 28 sessions for leaders by leaders, and one session in particular stood out when we talked about it… a session called Leading EdTech Initiatives for Social Good by Jennifer Williams , author of Teach Boldly.

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The 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference starts today!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Here's how you can participate : REGISTER : sign up to attend the event. SPONSOR : Help support this event, either by becoming a conference partner or sponsor, by sponsoring a special speaker, or by holding a commercial conference session. Click on the link here or email steve@learningrevolution.com.