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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

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Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free. In the 60 minutes piece, it is referred to the flipped classroom or peer instruction a mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning.

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Exploring the Role of Apprenticeship in Today’s Economy with Tal Frankfurt + Robert Lerman

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So, even if a student is attending a lower-priced college, such as a community college, all that time being put in could have been used towards earning money, so that comes at a cost to the learner. Salesforce is a perfect example of a platform that’s powering business, but is very rarely taught in college classrooms.

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Blogging for Writers in Berkeley

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Just wanted to let you know that I'll be teaching my Blogging for Writers workshop May 15th from 10 AM-4 PM in the cozy Writing Salon classroom at the Strawberry Creek Design Center in Berkeley. The workshop is great for newbies, and for folks who want to breathe new life into an old blog. You can register on the Writing Salon website.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Illustration by Beth Kanter. Then ask the pairs to find another pair and share.

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How to Host a Read-a-thon Fundraiser

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Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. Reading boasts a wide range of benefits for both children and adults alike. Engage corporate sponsors. Thank your donors and readers.

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Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap

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Elearnings as a whole are very attractive, as they offer an inexpensive alternative to classroom training. However, their effectiveness is often debated in the educational software community, as not all eLearnings are made with the same attention to detail. Interactive. I like to refer to this as the Sesame Street Rule.

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

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This morning we talked about creating clusters of innovation, bringing in various communities, etc. The more interesting thing for me is if he was to take a set of folks who had just gotten into community college and see what kind of opportunities it could create for them. But before we got there, we talked abit about the problem.

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