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Dreaming bigger for Iowa education

Dangerously Irrelevant

we utilized hands-on, engaging STEM activities more often in core math and science courses, not just in electives or extracurricular programs? like some states and districts, we created open access textbooks and taught teachers how to curate open educational resources (OER), thus freeing up textbook monies for other purposes?

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Participants are encouraged to use #library2016 and #librariesofthefuture on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. YouTube channel.

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Announcing Speakers Plus Bonus Downloads for "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Participants are encouraged to use #library2016 and #librariesofthefuture on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. See you online!

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MAD about Mattering: A New Global Collaborative App Project #steam

The CoolCatTeacher

A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So You can also follow the movement on social media with the hashtag #appsthatmatter. Media Contact: Kathryn Brannen.

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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. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless. ” Via The New York Times : “Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t).” ” “How Social Media Can Help Teach Good Writing,” according to Edsurge. ” Start ’em young, I guess.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true.