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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers.

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

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The technology belonged to ClassLink , a Clifton, NJ-based provider of web- and cloud-based educational products and services as well as the company’s namesake SSO platform. Case Study: Pickens School District enjoys instant access. We estimate single sign-on saves about 2,500 hours of instructional time every month.

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Schools and Colleges Try Virtual Reality Science Labs. But Can VR Replace a Cadaver?

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When Case Western Reserve University launches a new health education campus with the Cleveland Clinic next year, one feature will be conspicuously absent. Google has partnered with science education company Labster to create an online biology degree program with virtual reality labs. There will be no place for cadavers.

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Passwords, Permissions and Student Data—How One District Got Account Provisioning Right

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The adoption of online educational resources has placed applications and digital files at the center of the teaching and learning experience in K-12 schools. Still, lots of organizations have adopted it, including Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill Education. Case Study: Clay County School District.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. Don Buckley - Co-Founder, Tools at Schools - "Is it Possible to Innovate in Education?" This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas!

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Hack Education Weekly News

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(National) Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ’ “learning curve where higher ed is concerned is quite vertical,” quips UC president Janet Napolitano. The Chronicle of Higher Education has more on Napolitano’s remarks at a lunch at UC’s Washington Center.

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The Business of Education Technology

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In fairness, startups weren’t the only education companies experiencing this sort of upheaval this year: Amplify, News Corps’ education division, continued to sell off various parts of its failed business. ” Pearson cut 4000 jobs – 10% of its staff. DeVry Education Group got a new CEO."