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What to Know About SQL and How to Try it Out

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SQL is a programming language that you would use to query data in relational databases. SQL is classified as a procedural language used to specify data types. Most SQL programs will teach you how to read data from an analytics or database performance analyzer, such as SolarWinds’ DPA. How to Manipulate Data.

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Michelle Weise: ‘We Need to Design the Learning Ecosystem of the Future’

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As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples. We’ll have to prepare students for work that doesn’t exist yet. It can offer just-in-time tutoring, advising, or mentorship.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

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In addition, investment company Weld North Holdings acquired Performance Matters , a student assessment and data-analytics company that it will merge with K-12 ed-tech business Truenorthlogic, which provides data on teachers’ performance and tracks their professional development.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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.” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. How accurate is her data? (I’d You can find more data about “the business of ed-tech” – from 2017 and from previous years – on funding.hackeducation.com.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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Udemy : This video-based learning site has high-quality courses for just about anything students will need to know. This means digging into how media messages are made, why they're made, whose interests they serve, and what they mean. You'll need to pay for each course, but once you do it'll be in your library forever.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The department says it won’t start the 45-day clock on data challenges from colleges (initially slated to begin today) until ‘later in June.’” The district confirmed to NJ Advance Media late Tuesday night that the video was shot at the school and that they are now investigating who allowed it.”