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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

This approach encourages self-reflection, self-advocacy, and a sense of ownership over one’s education. Online Collaboration Tools: Online collaboration tools such as Google Workspace for Education facilitate real-time collaboration on documents, presentations, and projects. Platforms like Kahoot!

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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. For her DIY approach, We use videos, QR codes, a Google Form and Flubaroo to introduce freshmen to our high school library. These are all things I do for free anyway, but it should be a great education/advocacy opportunity. This year, a couple of very clear trends emerged. Engagement.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

The application is free to download from the App Store or Google Play. will include a fresh new look, upgraded adaptive keyboarding curriculum, more gamification for students, a Digital Citizenship curriculum aligned to ISTE standards, more Learn to Type Code, ADA Compliance Features and much more! K-12 market.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information?