Saylor.org is working with LearnBIG to put great content in the hands of users. You may remember LearnBIG from our Monday Morning Digest (MMD) post last month and know that we were already “big” fans (ahem) of their work. LearnBIG gathers online educational resources including games, OER materials, ebooks, audio lessons, and MOOCs (massive open online courses) from […]
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October is Connected Educator Month! Connected Educators, a project of the Office of Educational Technology of the U.S. Department of Education, started Connected Educator Month in August 2012 to help educators, school districts, and educational organizations connect and celebrate EdTech. This year’s run, moved to October, already includes over 400 events (online and free) to help teachers and […]
Formerly the purview of brand ambassadors, artists, and creatives, the contract/gig/freelance — or “eat what you kill” — economy is coming for you. Actually, it may already be here. According to the Intuit study “Twenty Trends that will Shape the Next Decade”, 40% of jobs will be freelance by 2020. Some feel contract work will […]
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Remember when people had to go to school to learn how to use a manual typewriter? Neither do we. That was a crazy long time ago. But we do remember taking classes in keyboarding. Now we think we’re soooo clever because we type with more than two fingers and only have to sneak a peek […]
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Confused and overwhelmed by spreadsheets? Worried about getting all of your tasks done on-time? Calling all procrastinators and planners alike: unite…TODAY! PRDV 004: Spreadsheets and PRDV 005: Time and Stress Management are now available on iTunes U. […]
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