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"10 Tech Skills Every Educator Should Have We surveyed educators around the country to get a snapshot of the key tech competencies in 2014. By Greg Thompson01/22/14"

"High-performance collaboration requires training and the development of key personal skills. For teachers, two initial steps will help foster this process. First, reframe the conversation by using the terminology of teams rather than group work. Think of your favorite sports team and now call them a group. Feel the difference? Teams focus on accountability and commitment; they form for a purpose and operate through norms and shared expectations."

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A dozen students at Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Ensley have taken a pilot online engineering class this year, according to a news release from the school on Monday. The college-level coursework is focused on programming with MATLAB using an online learning platform developed by Birmingham firm Slate XP and the Online Engineering Academy at Hoover High School.

During one of my workshops last year in Boston, Brad Ovenell-Carter (@braddo) put his visual notetaking skills to action. I took his lovely summary drawing and used ThingLink to add layers of information and elaboration. In the future I am keen to share more about my experiences of design thinking with school leaders, teachers and other organisations in blog posts here.

A collaboration of central Ohio school districts, businesses and community groups will give more high-school students a jump-start on college and work skills. Starting this fall, students in several local districts can enroll in career pathway programs that will focus on health care, information technology, robotics and logistics.