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PBS to Present “Spotlight Education,” A Special Week of Programming Featuring Reports About America’s Students and New Models of Learning, September 12-17

EdNews Daily

SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION highlights public media’s focus on education and our role in convening conversations around how to improve outcomes for students,” said Paula Kerger, President and CEO, PBS. For updates on the programming, follow #SpotlightEduPBS and #amgrad on Twitter. Monday, September 12: 10:00 p.m. ET – POV “All The Difference”.

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Spreading First Aid for Teens’ Mental Health by Training Adults to Help

MindShift

Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates. MHFA training, referred to as “CPR for the mind,” teaches educators and caretakers how to recognize, understand and respond to signs of psychological distress. She’s also using her new knowledge to teach students how to look out for each other.

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Challenging Educational Technology

The Electric Educator

This blog is primarily dedicated to sharing tips, tricks, and ideas on how to successfully use technology to increase student engagement, critical thinking, and mastery of learning objectives. This is evidence by the fact that each of them maintain blogs and several are active on Twitter. I''m a big supporter of educational technology.

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Looking Back & Remembering @Joe_Bower @DevenKBlack @BobSprankle

The Innovative Educator

He was one of my 25 favorites on Twitter as well. A thoughtful, deep thinker, who had smart ideas on how to make learning more fulfilling. You may also appreciate his 140Edu Talk where he explains high school dropouts is not a crisis. It didn't take long before his blog became one of my favorites. Check it out at [link].

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A Year in Review 15-16

The Thinking Stick

Then “Doing the Work” to start changing teaching practice to understand how to make the most of this new tool and connected classrooms…it’s been tough but exciting. You can view them here ( link to blog ) or follow COETAIL on Facebook or Twitter as we release them once a week over the summer.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join this interactive session to learn how to get started with game-based learning with your own students. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. This webinar will cover what to look for in a game, where to get good games for learning, and strategies to integrate games into the system of a classroom. Register for free at [link].

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How To Make A Civics Education Stick

MindShift

Many of those proposals are rooted in popular ideas about the best ways to teach civics, including when kids should start, what they should learn and how to apply those lessons. “What’s the dropout rate in some places? Then, when national issues come up, his students know how to ground their opinions in facts.

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