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This Program Is Empowering the Next Generation of Computational Thinkers

Edsurge

Yang: We were first prompted to address concerns over the digital divide. And we want to close the digital divide. CoolThink brings along a lot of pedagogy changes: flipped classrooms, teamwork, peer learning. EdSurge: What inspired the creation of CoolThink@JC? We want to close the wealth gap.

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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

Edsurge

Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools. Flipping the Classroom Professors who recorded video lectures for online learning during the pandemic are realizing they have a new resource at their disposal.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Join me in future weeks as together we continue to explore several more posts devoted to the Flipped Classrooms, Project Based Learning, Assessing 21st century skills, PBL, STEM, technology integration, web resources, and digital literacy. I enjoy learning from all of you. MARCH 30, 2020 · 11:02 PM | EDIT.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The Flipped Classroom". Um, they do.)

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