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As teens rethink college and career options, counselors are trying to adapt

eSchool News

And more kids than ever are considering ways to make money without a college degree, Insel said–driven in part by people and jobs they’ve encountered on social media. Moreover, the roadmap for how to best support kids uninterested in college is often less clear than for their college-bound peers, counselors said.

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Michelle Weise: ‘We Need to Design the Learning Ecosystem of the Future’

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As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples. How many new jobs that don’t exist today will a person have during a 150-year lifespan?

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

EdTechnocation.com

All-Access Pass ( Post-Event ) | Sale starts on February 21, 2020 Get it for €79.90 (Euro) / $88.91 PURCHASE HERE The 3-Day Content Lineup: More sessions and a full daily schedule coming soon! Carlos Macias “Let’s collaborate and create a global classroom through flipgrid” by Ghada Hassan Ali “Get on the Jamboard Train!”

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Really Fun Lineup So Far For This Year's FutureofEducation.com Interview Series

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

January 18th, Tuesday (5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern, 1am GMT): A Conversation with Will Richardson on Social Media and Technology in Education January 19th, Wednesday (5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern, 1am GMT): Yong Zhao on the Chinese education system, test scores, and "Tiger Moms."

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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

Each week we interview teachers, principals, superintendents, authors and presenters to learn about how to become more effective educators! Lucy Gray, global education superwoman and organizer of the fifth annual GlobalEdCon , has shared a great post about how YOU can get involved with the global education community.

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Change Agents: Tech & Learning?s Most Influential People in EdTech In 2018

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Hoth brings diverse skills, including graphic and Web design and social media marketing, to his work for this critical cause. Knowing how to utilize this technology has allowed me to level the playing field.” While adults may know how to use social media, he says, they haven’t been immersed in it their whole lives.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile on Campus… Via Education Week (from last Friday – as I work on the week’s round-up of news, I try to avoid looking at social media, but I think there was another school shooting this morning): “10 Dead, Most of Them Students, and 10 Wounded in Texas High School Shooting.” Economy by 2030.”