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Learning Transformed Course

A Principal's Reflections

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. The authors will dissect an approach to unlocking tomorrow's schools so that today's modern learners leave ready to create new industries, find new cures, and solve world problems.

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StudyBlue announces annual teacher appreciation program “Thank a Teacher a Latte.”

Educational Technology Guy

Mobile and social study platform, StudyBlue today announced the launch of its annual teacher appreciation program “Thank a Teacher a Latte.” With one click, a digital thank-you card is created and displayed as a keepsake. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Education Design Lab Releases 21st Century Skills Badge Program

techlearning

To develop in-demand skills and streamline employers’ hiring process, Education Design Lab launches the 21st Century Skills Badges after three years of research, design and pilots. The rigor that goes into earning a digital badge provides a helpful indicator of what we can expect to see from that person on the job.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

Don’t mess with her on Twitter. I’ve also written a separate article listing some of the various events that happened in the for-profit college industry this year – closures, lawsuits, sales, and the like. “Tracking” – an educational practice that re-inscribed social inequalities.