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Standardized testing has long been a hot-button topic among educational circles. But a veteran teacher is now taking a very open position against the concept by resigning from her job — and telling everyone about it on YouTube
The video, which was posted on Tuesday under the account I Quit You Can’t Fire Me, is quickly going viral. Her resignation claims how students and teachers alike can be affected by state-mandated curriculums and tests. The woman, a 4th grade teacher for the past 15…
When I first got into the infographic business back in 2008, it often took a long explanation to prospective clients in order to get them to understand what they were and what they did. Today, that’s not a problem as dozens of new infographics are unleashed into the world every day.
For those who have just recently been introduced to them, here’s a quick infographic that goes over the history of infographics. It’s like a movie about the movie industry, only it won’t take 2 hours to finish….
Google CEO Larry Page delivered a highly unusual appearance on Wednesday during the company’s I/O conference in which he delivered an impassioned speech discussing the competition, the importance of technology and programming’s “image problem” and took questions from the audience.
Page, who spoke softly as the result of a medical condition he discussed with the press earlier this week, got a huge round of applause upon his entrance. He then segued into a monologue in which he discussed how…
If there was any question as to Sebastian Thrun and Udacity’s resolve to re-imagine higher education in a more affordable, accessible virtual classroom — or their ability to actually make any real headway among the Ivory Towers of academia — we should probably just go ahead and put that to bed. This morning, Udacity continues to push forward with its plans to bring higher education online — and not just in bits, pieces and homework assignments. Following 2U’s lead, which set the ball rolling…
The pitfalls for teens who are encountering the social web for the first time are myriad and well-documented. The issue is underscored by this public-service announcement from a Vancouver-based organization warning teens of the dangers of sexting, not to mention the much-discussed scourge of cyberbullying and general oversharing.
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As any parent knows, kids aren’t naturally inclined to consider the consequences of their impulsive online…
Jeff Bliss is an 18-year old high school student in Duncanville, Ill. who got fed up with a teacher for what he thought was lazy, apathetic teaching. So, he gave her a piece of his mind — and touched a national nerve
A classmate taped his mini sermon on the importance of good teaching and the video went wildly viral — landing him unexpected celebrity
Here’s the video that started it all:
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Have you had a conversation with a college sophomore lately?
In this example, it is also the equivalent of talking with a 7-year-old.
“I want to be a nurse or a psychologist. I want to save the world. Read more
Undergrads may not complete their degrees for a variety of reasons. A family member becomes ill and they need to return home; they find a promising internship in another city; they don’t think their campus’ coursework is the right fit
A new offering from online education platform 2U, Semester Online, hopes to provide a better option for stifled undergrads. For $4,200 per course, undergrads can enroll in and receive credits for the 11 courses offered in the inaugural term of Semester…
While some institutions of higher learning have grown skeptical of the MOOC phenomenon spreading through its ranks (and the startups responsible), you have to give Coursera credit for keeping its foot on the gas. In less than six months, the MOOC startup has taken meaningful steps towards monetization and toward becoming a legitimate MOOC university, adding career services, verified certificates for a fee, courses for credit, along with teh addition of 29 new institutions (to bring its total…
This is a rant so I’m going to keep it short and not so sweet. There’s a trend in the automotive industry towards putting out really, really bad webinars. It hits really close to home because I absolutely love them, have been doing them for three years now, and get really annoyed when other professionals in the industry use them as pitch sessions.
In essence, it’s giving one of the most important components of pushing the automotive industry forward a bad name.
Let’s go back a few years….
