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Flat Classroom Certified teacher, Aaron Maurer, has designed an implemented this global project that shares the excitement of the Bald Eagle life cycle with friends around the world.
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"This year Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in the UK, has been awarded $1 million in seed-funding for his wish to design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and work together. He hopes to build a School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can embark on intellectual adventures by engaging and connecting with information and mentoring online."
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Oh....in my spare time I can do this....wishful thinking, looks great!
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- This parent guide has a list of questions - some interesting answers - post by Anne Jeschke
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This is MUST READ article. Voicethread is an essential tool in the K-12 classroom - at all levels.
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"Two principles guide this article: 1. Social-Emotional skills and strategies should be addressed and taught in school settings. 2. Video and online games can promote SEL skills and as such, should be integrated into classroom instruction."
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A national survey conducted by the Kids & Family Reading Report showed that the number of kids ages 6-17 reading ebooks has nearly doubled since 2010.
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"In 2013, a theme that is absolutely certain is disruption. Some of that disruption will be through technology, some of it decay of existing power-sets. How it will change education over the next twelve months can be guessed in part by looking at the previous twelve, a time period where we’ve seen iPads capture the imagination of national media, MOOCs catch the eye of the bluebloods in higher ed, and BYOD look like a better and better choice for K-12 public education districts everywhere. In 2013, those trends will continue, along with some new ideas as we begin to demand more than feel-good potential out of learning experiences for students."
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Changes coming for the COPPA law
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- And therein lies one of Facebook's biggest challenges: With more than 1 billion users worldwide and an unstated mission to make more money, Facebook has become a social network that's often too complicated, too risky, and, above all, too overrun by parents to give teens the type of digital freedom or release they crave.
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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