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Certiport Recognizes Washington Teacher as Educator of the Year

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Coulombe delivered a workshop session at CERTIFIED 2023 titled, “Get MORE Value from Your Certification Investments.” In the workshop she explored ways educators and administrators can use certifications to meet a wider range of student needs and celebrate students’ learning and achievements.

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Parents Don't Need to Be Coding Experts, Just Willing to Learn With Their Children

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In order to meet the increasing demands of the workforce and to minimize the existing gender and racial gaps in the computing field, it is essential that we strive to create an equitable pathway for children to gain those skills. Instead, it means families need creative spaces where they can come together, code together and learn together.

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12 Practical Tips for Remote Learning During School Closures – SULS057

Shake Up Learning

I always come back to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and meeting these basic needs is more important than a worksheet or checklist. If your school has enabled a video conferencing tool like Zoom or Hangouts Meet, set aside a couple of hours to be online for any students who want to chat. Choose a Platform and Stick with It!

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Colleges Face Investigations Over Whether Their Use of Social Media Follows Accessibility Regulations

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Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. This summer, leaders at the College of William & Mary held a training workshop for the institution’s communications staff in response to an Office for Civil Rights investigation. “As

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Monday, March 4, 5 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

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Tips and Scoops from ASU GSV That You Won’t Find on the Agenda

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It’s very easy to feel FOMO, across all the panels, keynotes, workshops, receptions and serendipitous meetings in the hallways. Pearson is launching its own. Entrepreneurs: 53 to 375 (there are likely many more who did not register but hung around at the hotel). Investors: 65 to 400.

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Are AI-Powered Chatbot Tutors the Future of Textbooks?

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The company is running pilot projects of the system with an online psychology textbook by Pearson (with just a few hundred students so far) and with an educational game made by Sesame Workshop. That hurts you know. Let’s go back to my question.” They shouldn’t force connections because that’s fake, and “eventually fake breaks.”