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TEDxNYED 2013 Inside-Outside

April 27, 2013

TEDxNYED is a New York City-based TEDx event focused on education. The theme of this year’s TEDxNYED is Inside-Outside, a discussion about education from both inside...

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The 2013 School Leadership Summit

March 28, 2013

The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and Steve Hargadon are pleased to announce the inaugural virtual and worldwide School Leadership Summit, Thursday, March...

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Designing Modern Learning Environments: Design Thinking for Education Leaders Hangout

February 20, 2013

GETideas.org seeks to help education leaders understand the impact of environment on learning and to leverage design when attempting to transform education systems. This Google...

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Midwest Educational Technology Conference (METC)

February 11 - February 13, 2013

  Midwest Education Technology Conference February 11-13, 2013 St. Charles Convention CenterSt. Louis, Missouri http://2013.metcconference.org/...

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U.S. Higher Education Leaders Call for Bold Action on Attainment

January 24, 2013

In an open letter released yesterday, leading U.S. college and university presidents called upon their colleagues to make retention and completion a critical priority to stem...

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Bringing It All Together: Empowering Education Leaders to Innovate Hangout

January 30, 2013

GETideas.org hosts this GooglePlus hangout to engage with noted thought leaders on how to help educators innovate. The discussion includes a dialogue on how innovation in...

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Public Universities to Offer Free Online Classes for Credit

January 23, 2013

In an arrangement with commercial company Academic Partnerships, dozens of public universities plan to offer an introductory online course free and for credit to anyone...

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State Spending on U.S. Higher Education Rebounds in Most States after Years of Decline

January 22, 2013

After falling nearly 11% since the 2008 fiscal year, state appropriations for U.S. higher education are on the rise in most states. Long-term effects of...

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    Early Education and Technology for Children Conference

    The EETC Conference will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA  this April 2-4. The conference web site states, “The Early Education and Technology for Children (EETC) conference is an annual event that brings researchers, policy makers, administrators, educators, and solution providers together to explore technology in preschool through elementary education. EETC welcomes visitors from around the globe who come to learn from others’ expertise and share their own insights…

      Related to: Early Education, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    TED Prize Winner Sugata Mitra To Create A “School In The Cloud”
    March 1, 2013

    The annual TED Conference awarded its coveted TED Prize this week, granting a wish to inspire the world, to Dr. Sugata Mitra of India’s famed Hole in the Wall experiment. This experiment has consisted of an Internet connected computer stationed in a Delhi slum in which children partake in self-directed learning. He has further enhanced this project by developing “a granny cloud”, a network of adults charged with guiding children…

      Related to: Designing Modern Learning Environments, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Design Thinking Institute at Nueva’s Innovation Lab
    June 17 - June 20, 2013

    David Kelley, founder of IDEO and Stanford’s d.school, will be a special guest at a Design Thinking Institute hosted by the Nueva School in HIllsborough, Californina, June 17-20, 2013. During this hands-on event, educators will participate in the design thinking process themselves and will apply this knowledge while creating their own curriculum. All sessions will be held in Nueva’s unique innovation lab. 

      Related to: Primary/Secondary Education, Project-based Learning, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Open Science Course Sprint: An Education Hackathon for Open Data Day
    February 23, 2013

    Join this amazing in person or virtual event scheduled for Saturday, February 23 in US Time Zones. Over the course of the day, participants are going to build an online course that will serve as an “Introduction to Open Science”. According to the host organization, Creative Commons, the course, “will guide learners through concepts of Open Access, Open Research, Open Data, and finish with leading them to Open Science Communities….

      Related to: Designing Modern Learning Environments, E-Learning, Higher Education, Open Educational Resources, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation, The Future of Digital Content
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    US ED Reports on Grit, Tenacity & Perseverance
    February 18, 2013

    In his blog entitled Getting Smart, Tom Vander Ark reviews a new draft of a report issued by the US Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology. This report is entitled Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perservance: Critical Factors for Success in the 21st Century and has been prepared by a team from SRI International with guidance from the US Department of Education. Interestingly,  one of the findings detailed in the…

      Related to: Cultivating Leadership, Designing Modern Learning Environments, Education Reform, ICT in Education, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation
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    The 2013 School Leadership Summit
    March 28, 2013

    The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and Steve Hargadon are pleased to announce the inaugural virtual and worldwide School Leadership Summit, Thursday, March 28th, 2013. This free conference will be held online and will be a unique chance to participate in a collaborative global conversation on school leadership with presentations by your peers. The conference seeks to present ideas, examples, and projects related to leadership in a changing…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Cultivating Leadership, Designing Modern Learning Environments, E-Learning, Early Education, Education Reform, Game-based Learning, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Media Literacy, Open Educational Resources, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Professional Development, Project-based Learning, Research, Social Media, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation, The Future of Digital Content, Transmedia
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    Designing Modern Learning Environments: Design Thinking for Education Leaders Hangout
    February 20, 2013

    GETideas.org seeks to help education leaders understand the impact of environment on learning and to leverage design when attempting to transform education systems. This Google Hangout on Air will dig further into the theme of Designing Modern Learning Environments by exploring Design Thinking with noted education experts. According to IDEO, “It’s a structured approach to generating and developing ideas.” Learn more about this approach can be applied in your classroom…

      Related to: Designing Modern Learning Environments, ICT in Education, Project-based Learning, Teaching & Learning
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    Build It and They Will Learn: How the Design of a School Impacts Learning
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    The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop has a new blog post detailing an exhibit entitled The Edgeless School: Design for Learning that’s currently on view at the Center for Architecture in New York City. Developed by  American Institute of Architects New York Chapter and the Center for Architecture Foundation, this showcase details 19 buildings as  ”examples of schools that are built on the premise that physical design influences the learning…

      Related to: Designing Modern Learning Environments, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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