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Thiel Foundation Announces a New Round of Under 20 Fellows
"A radical re-thinking of what it takes to succeed, the Thiel Fellowship encourages lifelong learning and independent thought. With $100,000 and 2 years free to pursue their dreams, Thiel Fellows are changing the world one entrepreneurial venture at a time."
Leadership
No More Boring PD with Flipped & Blended Conferences
With all the cool conferencing apps and social learning tools, there’s just no excuse for running an boring old fashioned get together these days.
Innov8
EdTech 10: No Shutdown Here
October is Connected Educators Month and that means things are working, probably even faster than usual. With this much great stuff happening in schools, there’s really no time for shutting down.
EdTech
5 Great Apps for Future Scientists
These are the apps that have stood the test of time with my fourth grader. Each one of them different, but helping to cultivate the love of science and inquiry with the iPad.
EdTech
Adding EDU to the End of “Startup Weekend”
During the weekend of September 20th, interested educators in Chicago came together at National Louis University on Friday night, pitching their ideas in sixty seconds or less. Once the projects were picked, educator/developer teams jumped into a 54-hour “hackathon” to build a tool and demo the final product on Sunday. But the experience didn't end there because the first place ideas were eligible for one or more of the following"prizes."
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6 Tools for Connected Educators
Because it's hard to know where to begin to share, I decided to base my framework on the ideas of the work of Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall, the authors of The Connected Educator, Learning and Leading in a Digital Age and some of the leaders of Connected Educators Month.
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Hypothesis: We Can Change the Learning Curve
My life is a hypothesis—that personal digital learning will change the world.
EdTech
10 Apps For Connected Educators
Here are 10 field tested apps to help you connect with the PLN members you can no longer remember teaching without! In honor of the first day of Connected Educators Month, today’s Top Ten Apps are:
Leadership
Alumni Engagement | How Can Instagram Support Your Mission?
By: Brian Rosenbaum Since I began using social media to engage my peers around causes that were important to me back in graduate school, I’ve seen its potential to mobilize people. But converting passive friends or followers into active participants is tricky, whether you’re…
Innov8
EdTech 10: Bigfoot, Behavior, Broad Prize & Blended Learning
We love the opportunity to share what we are hearing with you, so check out this week’s top ten “B” rated stories, and that’s “B” as in best for anyone that’s wondering!