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Agency: Important for Students and Educators

A Principal's Reflections

The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. Accountability for learning is ensured through a vetting process and the badge represents the successful achievement of a learning goal.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

More information on our featured speakers is below. To register and to for additional information on the program and speakers, visit [link]. The opening keynote speaker is Terry Godwaldt, Executive Director, The Centre for Global Education.

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

edWeb.net

While there is no substitute to having an attorney or special education director focused on special education legislation, there are additional services that can keep the flow of information coming. Websites can be fantastic tools for providing equitable access to educational information as long as they are coded properly.

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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. The course takes students up to four hours and can be completed over several weeks.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. Information is power. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. Course Signals.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

Arguably, there is no better example of this than the ongoing push that “everyone should learn to code,” led at the K–12 level by the industry-backed advocacy organization Code.org. It just presumably means that the information about what they’ve done is stored in a record that hasn’t been altered.