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OPINION: We must help our youngest learners navigate enormous risks from climate change

The Hechinger Report

Inspired by the catalytic work of Aspen’s K12 Climate Action commission, the task force will hold a series of listening sessions with content-area experts and people who have already experienced major climate change effects. As the futurist Alex Steffen puts it , “the planetary crisis is not an issue, but an era.”.

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Leadership and Social Influence:

EdTechTeacher

As the conversation evolved, individuals practicing design thinking in different companies to teachers, students and professors across K12 and higher education had their voices heard, ideas shared and valuable connections were made. Having just celebrated its one year anniversary, it’s still relatively new and growing.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

Serving at least 28 million students in more than 40,000 schools in every state and in more than 70 nations, the new organization represents a meeting of the minds and of complementary areas of skill and experience. Its durability and price make it ideal for schools looking to integrate audio activities into curriculum.

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Education Technology and the New Behaviorism

Hack Education

This is part ten of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Perhaps it’s no surprise that there was so much talk this year about education, technology, and emotional health. I mean, 2017 really sucked, and we’re all feeling it. People are struggling, and people are vulnerable, and people are afraid.

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Jessie Woolley-Wilson: How ‘Benevolent Friction’ Guides DreamBox

Edsurge

I brought all of my expertise from oh, say, 15 million years in edtech, and I said, "Well, the infrastructure in K12 is very Windows-driven, PC-driven. Below is an edited and condensed version of the conversation—or watch the full interview. What does that mean and how does it play out at DreamBox? Are you sure it should be Windows-based?"

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed. Predictions that were consistently wrong.) The Promise of “Free”.

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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

This is part six of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Some of the most oft-told tales in education in recent years have the following plot: the students all move from “brick-and-mortar” to “online.” ” It’s an inevitable move, or so the story goes. Vive la MOOC Révolution.

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