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Top School & District Innovator Awardees 2019

EdNews Daily

The Learning Counsel, a leading education research institute and news media hub, announced this year’s National Digital Transition Survey Award winners at its 2019 National Gathering held in Dallas, TX. Four different categories of proficiency were celebrated in the National Digital Transition Survey Awards. This is real and earned.”.

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Automation is remaking Mississippi jobs: Are workers ready?

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Automation affects workers around the world — nearly half of the employers surveyed by the World Economic Forum last year expected automation would reduce their workforce by 2022. percent — Percentage of working-age Mississippians who have a post-secondary degree or certification.

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What helps kids really learn

The CoolCatTeacher

The Dash and Dot robot wonder pack from Wonder Workshop Stay tuned at the end of the show for how to enter. So celebrate, we’ve partnered with one of my favorite robots for teaching coding, Dash and Dot form Wonder Workshop. What helps kids really learn? Recording starts 0:00:00]. What really helps kids learn? Episode 86.

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How Kids Really Learn

The CoolCatTeacher

The Dash and Dot robot wonder pack from Wonder Workshop Stay tuned at the end of the show for how to enter. Enhanced Transcript What helps kids really learn? Recording starts 0:00:00] To celebrate the end of the first season of the Ten Minute Teacher Podcast on June 16th, we’re running a giveaway. What really helps kids learn?

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Seeking stability in school when the waters rise

The Hechinger Report

Auggie had been excited to return to school for his favorite classes — social studies and reading — and Robinson’s robotics club. Auggie’s friends were okay, but Robinson Elementary School, where he was going to start fifth grade, was flooded.

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With an Eye Toward the Future, This Program Connects Students to Tech Careers

Edsurge

One of the most common concerns in education, especially at the secondary level, is the need to connect students to careers. One of the most common concerns in education, especially at the secondary level, is the need to connect students to careers. I survey my students regularly. We’re going to build a robot.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.