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5 Ways To Bring SEL Into Edtech Classroom Use

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Mark Sparvell cites current research about what students really want in their classroom and how social-emotional learning relates to education technology. Just teachers can use the power of Urkund. Mark has taught both pre-service and post-graduate studies.

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Educating Students Equitably Through Collaborative Action

edWeb.net

After a study revealed only 19% of Spartanburg residents had a baccalaureate degree, making it more difficult to attract good jobs to the area, a campaign was launched to double the number of residents with post-secondary degrees by 2030. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Workforce Strategy: A Necessity for Educator Retention and Wellbeing

edWeb.net

Those conditions are what make schools great places to learn and work. According to Dr. Davis, too often school districts have separate systems or programs rather than a cohesive strategy for their workforces. “We It really does beg that question: What can we do to support the employees in our building?

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Teaching AI: What K-12 Educators Need to Know

MindSpark

What & Why The concept of AI refers to computer systems that can perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, and decision-making. The workforce of the future will need to be equipped with the right knowledge to succeed in this increasingly AI-driven world.

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

techlearning

For more information on the NOW Classrooms project, go to nowclassrooms.com/ ROSE LUCKIN Now is the time, says University College London Institute of Education professor Rose Luckin, to adopt education systems that will help ensure that humans stay smarter than the computer systems we build.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Margret Atkinson ISTE Global PLN leadership team, ISTE Global Collaboration Professional Learning Network @[link] The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Global Collaboration Professional Learning Network (PLN) promotes digital technologies for connecting and collaborating beyond the classroom walls.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” More via Politico. ” Are they?