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Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

It could be Google Classroom, it could be Schoology, it could be Blackboard, it could also be Microsoft OneNote. As a workshop presenter, coach, and keynote speaker, Teryl has led professional development sessions internationally through conference workshops and consulting opportunities.

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BloomBoard Appoints New CEO, Restructures Focus Around Micro-Credentials

Edsurge

Some of those teachers spend upwards of 150 hours every year on training sessions, workshops and conferences that sometimes resemble what many students experience in the classroom: listening to a lecture and taking notes. The company also downsized personnel but Kenyon did not share further details. districts, according to Kenyon.

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Tuesday Live: Jay Cross on Informal Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Formal learning--classes and workshops--is the source of only 10 to 20 percent of what people learn at work. Date : Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Log in at [link].

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The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

Edsurge

Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.) MAPLE facilitates networking events, focus groups, workshops and “learning tours” where educators visit each other’s schools. The idea that MAPLE exists to help LearnLaunch-affiliated companies sell products to schools “couldn’t be further from the truth,” says Klau.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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This Weeks Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Moodle course features a series of Elluminate Live workshops during October – December. We are also seeking expressions of interest from those eportfolio practitioners who may wish to be guest presenters in our Elluminate workshops. Join Rick for a session with the Blackboard Collaborate Team. An excellent introduction.

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WHAT’S NEW

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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. VITALSOURCE & BLACKBOARD ( get.vitalsource.com ) & ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard Inc.

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