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Beyond Bootcamps: How Employers Can Help Nontraditional Learners Succeed

Edsurge

Although everyone wants magic solutions that can transform high-school dropouts into Google engineers in six months, this rarely happens. According to its open-source playbook , Adobe teaches this so that apprentices can “learn quickly from their mistakes and build confidence.”

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

That’s what an Adobe-commission survey , published in partnership with futurist Bryan Alexander and the New Media Consortium, revealed. FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.”

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Adapting to the New Classroom

techlearning

The district faced challenges with dropouts and reduced graduation rates due to failed classes, school transfers, and absences due to weather and medical issues. iMac lab with Adobe Creative Suite ? District leaders began a search for adaptive and blended learning solutions. TOOLS THEY USE HOLY FAMILY ACADEMY, PITTSBURGH ? Canvas LMS

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Federal relief money boosted community colleges, but now it’s going away

The Hechinger Report

Until recently, students who needed to use specialized software programs —like the Adobe apps for design classes, CAD for engineering or SDSS for statistics — could do so only on campus computers, a big limitation because the facilities close at 9 or 10 p.m. So the school used $1.6

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November 14 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The podcast feed link is [link] HACK EDUCATION POSTS LAST WEEK To give you a head start in following along with the podcast, here are Audrey''s Hack Education posts from last week: Ed-Tech News Weekly Roundup: The Dept of Ed Launches the Learning Registry, Adobe Tables Mobile Flash Is There an “Education Graph”?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? Adobe plans to axe Flash. . “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” asks the Pioneer Press. “ Can personalized learning prevail? ” asks Chester E. ” asks Education Dive. ”). .” Never change. ” asks IEEE.