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What Students Are Looking For In a College
Two reports paint a snapshot of what students are doing and thinking as they’re working through the lengthy process of choosing the right college.
Personalized Learning
Is Technology Making it Difficult for College Students to Pay for Their Education?
By: James Walker. This program of applying, working, and living-on-the-cheap has helped students offset their costs for decades, but recent technological advancements may be disrupting how a student offsets their education costs.
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How Augmented Reality Can Enhance Learning in Higher Ed
Augmented reality will likely have more uses in higher education for extending learning outside of the classroom than within it. You can add additional interactive elements to the texts the students are assigned, adding hyperlinks, audio, or images to their print textbooks.
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Let’s Persevere With College and Career Ready
By: JoEllen Lynch. I get frustrated sometimes that we refuse to commit resources to the adolescents we have and continue to fail in our systems. We need the people, tools and models to get all students work and college ready.
EdTech
Project Breaker Brings Entrepreneur Spirit to Portland, OR
The challenge will be run from May 4th to 19th, teams of 17-Â24 year old students from across Portland will research local manufacturing then design and test the viability and social impact of business opportunities they identify.
EdTech
Yik Yak, Geofencing and the Future of BYOD
By: Kirsten Winkler. But if we take Yik Yak as a precedent there will be voices who call for more and better control over devices that are brought into school.
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The 4 Characteristics of Great 21st Century Resumes
Whether you are in the process of revising your resume or curriculum vitae to apply for new positions this spring or are simply wanting to stay up-to-date, the following are four characteristics of great resumes that will further brand you as a 21st century educator.
EdTech
HigherEd Adaptive Learning Comes to the US with Smart Sparrow
Most professors wanted to teach online but were unhappy with the available tools that offered a limited experience, took away their control over the learning objects and provided very little feedback on student understanding and achievement.
EdTech
LinkedIn In Class For Career Advancement
By James Walker. LinkedIn is home to untapped avenues. Introducing LinkedIn in class can make students more approachable, and cultivate an atmosphere that engages them side by side along with professional development.
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Three Years Behind
This initial effort has helped faculty (admittedly, not all) to look for ways to integrate more technology into the methods that they demonstrate to pre-service educators.