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Challenges in Curation: Successfully Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

Digital Promise

As the moderator of a SXSWedu panel covering the Challenges of Curation in K-12 Schools, I held several brainstorm calls with the panelists, sent them thought-starter questions, solicited feedback from teacher and librarian contacts in the industry, and thought I was as ready as I could be. Define OERs. Talk to my librarian.

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96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

eSchool News

I hope this topic always remains the main problem to solve, and that the slow, steady progress the industry is making continues. • The industry has made loads of good progress on interoperability; now it’s on the mind of all educational leaders. Jacob Bruno, vice president of professional learning, NWEA.

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5 ways tech + education can change the world

eSchool News

Twenty years ago, Cisco recognized a shift toward a knowledge-based economy. Today, we provide students a more personalized and flexible education experience, as well as the opportunity to build deeper knowledge through collaboration and experiential learning. From this, Cisco Networking Academy was born.

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Why Flipped Learning should be standard for Higher Education

Neo LMS

The name was Horace Mann and the time was the Industrial Revolution. As we all know, the Industrial Revolution was all about discipline, standardization and conformity. The problem is, these values won’t cut it in the knowledge-based economy we’re now living. They flipped their classrooms. Pure genius.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

This knowledge (especially in knowledge based industries) becomes the organization’s product. As a result, the management of knowledge becomes more than access to embedded knowledge; it becomes the organization’s identity. Patterns of composing: Connections between classroom and workplace collaborations.

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Study Findings

Connecting 2 the World

However, with the rise in the use of distributed groups in the workplace, there is the recognition that knowledge that is distributed in the form of distributed cognition, may not be accessed in the same way that traditional organizational structures allowed. Later: P: There’s a certain way to do that in the classroom.

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10 tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m wondering if you can clarify what happens with the suspects and the lineup, because I’m thinking about policing and the prison industrial complex, and what sensitive, personal topics those are for some kids, and how triggering that can be. One of the questions we’re asking is, “What is education?