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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

In a fast-moving field like education technology, it’s worth taking a moment to take stock of new developments, persistent trends and the challenges to effective tech implementation in real classrooms. This macro trend to shake up typical ways of schooling is opening new opportunities for technology to play an even bigger role in education.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

At conferences, librarians share with me that their administrators insist they devote significant library real estate to 3D printing and a variety of other maker equipment. In some schools, curricula have dramatically narrowed to focus heavily on areas of high-stakes assessment and remediation. Knowledge Quest maker posts.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2016

Assess existing curricula, programs, and offerings within your school community Consider global trends and best practices, which will then help you to develop themes. I think we can all agree this should be the intended outcome when leading the maker movement. This should be the last step.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 19, 2015

: The Use of Print Reference in Upper Division Library Instruction - Tina Chan, Assistant Coordinator of Reference 2:00pm Building Stronger Communities: Connecting Your Library and the Nonprofit World - Aryn Dagirmanjian, Grants Collection Librarian/Funding Information Network Supervisor Consumer Health Reference Interview: Best Practices - Lili Luo, (..)

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In my own work with educators around the globe, I’ve watched the emergence of 21st century trends such as makerspaces, flipped learning, genius hour, gamification, and more. Wondering how to teach and assess 21st century competencies? Full sized infographic here. Here are suggestions from Suzie Boss: 1.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 29, 2017

Education, just like anything else, is loaded with trends, buzzwords, and enough acronyms to create alphabet soup! They can tinker, build, engineer, craft, program, and create with anything from cardboard to sophisticated technology projects.You don’t have to have a fancy Maker Space filled with expensive equipment.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The “maker movement.” ” These are all examples of how ideologies are embedded in ed-tech trends and technologies – in their development and their marketing. Collaboration. Personalization. Problem-solving. Self-directed learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

This piece is similar, but a bit more focused on the pros and the cons of learning trends, and the ultimate impact they might have on education, and society at large. Connectivity could represent a new kind of assessment. Rather than measurement, true assessment is the process of uncovering understanding. Which is bad.

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