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Parent/Educator EDU

My Island View

In September of 2014 I wrote, Educating Parents About Education , a post supporting the idea that we need to better educate parents about education in order to have them engaged as advocates and not adversaries for much of the needed changes in education in regard to methodology, pedagogy and technology.

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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

Edsurge

education technology agenda. Much work remains to be done to realize the full potential of education technology. Help Schools Identify What Works As more schools get connected to high-speed internet, it is imperative that the most effective technology solutions get implemented. What do you say?

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Poor teachers: Who is to blame?

My Island View

Key factors in adult learning, or the intrinsic motivations for adults to learn are ownership of the learning to meet personal needs and being able to use tomorrow what’s learned today. As a whole adults are better with collaborative learning since it gives them control to direct the learning to what they need to know.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Karen Blumberg Technology Integrator The School at Columbia University BIO : Karen Blumberg is an educational technologist at The School at Columbia University working with faculty and students to integrate technology academically, respectfully, and responsibly. Our students are children of technology and the web.

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” Plus, you can save 20% of your order the code COOL20.

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