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Guest post: Caston Binger Explains How the Digital Revolution Has Transformed Education

EdTech4Beginners

The proliferation of connected devices and online resources has created new opportunities for teaching and learning. The digital revolution has also made it easier for teachers to create and share resources, says Caston Binger. They can now find and use a wide range of digital resources to support their teaching.

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MOOCs for Professional Development - #TCEA15

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Notes from MOOCs for Professional Development Presentation at TCEA 2015 Dr. Kay Abernathy, Lamar University [link] Lamar University sponsored the MOOC on Social Media Communication Tools for Educators which Dr. Abernathy facilitated. It was free, but offered a certificate of completion. Why are we encouraging the use of MOOCs?

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. I have a resource for you. District #5 : Kindergarten teachers started class Twitter accounts! Here is Mrs. Cook''s Twitter. Click here to see all of them.)

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! See you online!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” ” Coursera, initially only emailing former students about their old course work, decided finally to blog about its platform change.

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News Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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News and politics have been reshaped by social media and 24-hours news entertainment. As a result, there's a lot of crossover between what we think of as news literacy, media literacy, and digital citizenship. At the top, there are featured resources as well as more comprehensive curricula.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Department of Education is looking for nonprofit organizations to help support its #GoOpen campaign to nurture state and district take-up of ‘open’ educational resources ,” says EdWeek’s Market Brief. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.”