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Across the Country, Universities Are Answering the Call for Innovation

Edsurge

There has been a lot of hand-wringing about who will step up to meet the current needs of the skills shortage, and higher education has come under scrutiny, accused of not equipping students enough for the workforce. AT&T recently partnered with the University of Texas to teach design thinking workshops.

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Let’s Teach in Pajamas Forever

The Jose Vilson

I relish the notion that billion-dollar entities would so willingly enhance platforms they usually offer for thousands of dollars to Fortune 500 companies for children as young as five years old. I’d definitely want a principal who can lead the school and rally their staff from their houses. Problem solved.

Advocacy 194
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Where Diversity, Inclusion and Education Meet: A Conversation With Black Girls Code Founder, Kimberly Bryant

Edsurge

Gender is just one part of the diversity problem confronting many technology companies today. As diversity reports from companies like Alphabet, Apple and Facebook reveal, the employee headcounts—especially in senior and executive positions—are overwhelmingly male and white. And I want to run a video game company.”.

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Easy Paperless Contact Logs

The CoolCatTeacher

There are definitely going to be tough conversations, and so any tool that can help us as educators to slow our own minds down… because we don’t want to be reactive. Face to face meetings versus phone calls. So what do you do with those handwritten notes when you’re done with the meeting? We’re dealing with children.

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Sparking Deeper Learning Through Authentic, Real-World Experiences

EdTechTeacher

During a recent MAPLE Masterclass that included district teams from across Massachusetts, Mehta reiterated this concept throughout the workshop. At the end of the Challenge, it was evident to the districts that each community should adopt a RWL definition that meets their own district and community context.

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TONS of #ISTE17 Pro Tips, Resources, & Events (including #NOTATISTE)!

EdTechnocation.com

Read on for a HUGE collection of ISTE Pro Tips, planning resources, where you can find me at ISTE, other events, after parties, happy hours, meet ups, and even a #NOTATISTE group! From pre-conferences, meetups, workshops, BYODs, Playgrounds, and more, I'll be all over ISTE this year! There's still time to register for an ISTE workshop!

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Literature Performance Odyssey with Drama and Student Leadership

The CoolCatTeacher

So, during our Monday morning meeting, I just said, “You know what, guys? Other than that, they said definitely work on your group collaboration at the front end. Marynn: Several of them, I actually led some conflict resolution workshops because they found out the hard way that they didn’t know how to do conflict resolution.

Groups 179