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The Best, Free Financial Literacy Courses for Middle and High School

The CoolCatTeacher

Welcome to the world of free financial literacy courses! These financial literacy courses from EVERFI are a must-have for any middle or high school. I highly recommend EVERFI as the best free financial literacy courses for middle and high school students. So, why is EVERFI my top pick for free financial literacy courses?

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Learn How to Teach Online with This Free Course

The CoolCatTeacher

Here’s a free 3-hour course, Launching Online Learning , to get you started. Advancement Courses is a sponsor of my blog and podcast. Sponsored by Advancement Courses How to teach online – learning outcomes Set up, organize, and find digital resources for your online learning environment. What will you receive?

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7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

Teacher professional development needs to be practical, fit your schedule, and improve your classroom — and I’ve found professional development from Advancement Courses that does just that! Recently, I took a course from Advancement Courses called Teaching Computer Science in 6-12. Look at Courses.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve also included the links to Advancement Courses’ professional development courses that relate to this topic. This course is sponsored by Advancement Courses. Remember that if you register for any of these courses, use the code COOL20 to get the 20% discount reserved for my readers! All opinions are my own.

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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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And he is targeting education as one key part of that vision. What that metaverse will look like is still a bit vague, but the company gave some hints in prepared statements and in an hour-long video it released. In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion.

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Coursera Is Now a Public Company. What Does That Mean For Higher Education?

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Coursera’s founders and CEO rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange today, as the online-learning company became a rare edtech enterprise to go public. And because it’s a pandemic, the event was online and the bell was virtual (perhaps fitting for an online-learning company). There are 1.3

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Forget Unpaid Internships. Instead, Colleges Should Offer Work-Based Courses.

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Colleges have already come up with a model for this by offering work-based courses , which pair students with businesses and other organizations to solve real-world problems. While working, students receive industry exposure and mentorship from senior product managers and other stakeholders from the company. Few can choose the latter.

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