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With a degree no longer enough, job candidates are told to prove their skills in tests

The Hechinger Report

said Steve Yadzinski, who works on innovations in workforce technology for Jobs for the Future — an advocacy group that makes its own job finalists take on work-related projects as a part of the decision process. “With employers fielding a lot more applicants, how do we help create equitable processes for people at the top of the funnel?”

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Orientation Inspiration 2017

NeverEndingSearch

Gamification. In a Seesaw Blog Ideas post , Alison Murphy shares several examples for using these games right out of the box or follow instructions to personaliz[ing] your own plan: Seesaw Go! These are all things I do for free anyway, but it should be a great education/advocacy opportunity. Engagement. plan for teachers.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” Indeed, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has paid for some of that very press coverage, funding for example “an EdSurge Research series about how personalized learning is implemented in different school communities across the country.”

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Enhancing Civic Education with Game-Based Learning

EdTechTeacher

We are experiencing a rising tide of advocacy for high quality civic education across the nation. There is also increasing interest and promising research around the impact that gamification can play in instructional design. Therefore, how might we leverage the power of gamification and game-based learning to enhance civic education?

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Enhancing Civic Education with Game-Based Learning

EdTechTeacher

We are experiencing a rising tide of advocacy for high quality civic education across the nation. There is also increasing interest and promising research around the impact that gamification can play in instructional design. Therefore, how might we leverage the power of gamification and game-based learning to enhance civic education?