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Discovery Education and Leading Corporate and Nonprofit Partners Launch First-of-Its-Kind Initiative Supporting Sustainability

eSchool News

Research and Impact Framework : Launching impact studies to measure trends and progression of sustainability attitudes. The need for comprehensive sustainability education has never been more pressing,” said Amy Nakamoto, Discovery Education General Manager of Social Impact. Follow us on Facebook , Instagram , TikTok , and YouTube.

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report

While access to other technology is limited in the camp, Grosso said many refugee families have access to a cell phone but primarily use only four to five apps, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram or YouTube. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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What It Takes to Recruit Future Teachers During the Pandemic

Edsurge

Our sense from our members is that this has exacerbated the trend we had already been seeing of declining student interest in going into teaching,” says Jacqueline E. King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Murphy says.

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Inaugural Catalyze Challenge Winners To Transform Journey From Classroom To Career

eSchool News

The agency gives students real-world professional experience doing web development and social media marketing for mission-driven organizations. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram. They also provide career navigation support that ensures economic mobility.

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7 questions after Governor Branstad’s school funding veto

Dangerously Irrelevant

So while education continues to be the biggest part of the state budget, it seems that all of the funding trends are negative, not positive. Although social media was a big part of this year’s school funding dialogue, slacktivism can be a fairly easy trap to fall into. We are falling further behind rather than catching up.

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Events + News - The Emerging Future on Thursday - Educational Podcasting - Global Education Day - Less is More Lesson from Finland

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning brings focus to the planning skills that are needed, the issues that are involved, and the current trends as we explore the potential impact of technological innovations. Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. Register for free at [link].