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  Jeff Utecht

  

  Shifting Our Schools - Education : Technology : Leadership - Special Episode: Final Reflection From NCCE2020

  google.com

  Google Podcasts A great three days interacting and learning from other educators around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. A final reflection on the …

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  Jeff Utecht

  

  New Millennial Survey Finds A "Generation Disrupted": How Business Leaders Can Respond

  Forbes - Naz Beheshti

  The optimism of younger workers—both Millennials and Generation Z—is in steep decline. The Deloitte Global Millennial Survey 2019 reveals a growing sense of “uneasiness and pessimism” amongst the younger generations, who are desperately searching for “safe havens” and “beacons of trust.” The good …

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  Jeff Utecht

  

  Personalised learning starts to change teaching methods

  Financial Times - A.K. Thomson

  If you are already an adult, the chances are that Joel Rose’s elementary-school mathematics classes are like nothing you have ever seen. Children “check in” to see which station they are assigned to and then work through individually tailored combinations of activities — study with computers, with …

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  Jeff Utecht

  

  OER reaches ‘inflection point,’ and states are leading the charge - EdScoop

  edscoop.com - Emily Tate

  After years of dabbling with open educational resources (OER), educators have finally begun to embrace the concept as a legitimate alternative to …

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  Jeff Utecht

  

  Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: 'The system is failing'

  The Guardian - Olivia Solon

  The inventor of the world wide web remains an optimist but sees a ‘nasty wind’ blowing amid concerns over advertising, net neutrality and fake news Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s optimism about the future of the web is starting to wane in the face of a “nasty storm” of issues including the rollback of net …

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  Jeff Utecht

  

  50 Chromebook tips for maximum productivity

  computerworld.com - JR Raphael

  Chromebooks may be all about simplicity, but don't be fooled: Beneath their intuitive outer layer lies a web of advanced options. And you don't have …