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Skype Other Classrooms! | The Edublogger - 1 views

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  • Beth Cullinan on 21 Nov 09
     
    Info about using Skype; includes list of countries to connect with.
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Biblioteca, aprendizaje y acceso a la información en medio del temporal tecno... - 1 views

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  • Javier Mejia Torrenegra on 26 Apr 10
     
    Algunas de las repercusiones de las innovaciones tecnológicas en bibliotecas son explícitas y bien conocidas, otras en cambio provocan cambios muy sutiles, y a veces muy difícilmente percibidos, pero no por ello menos importantes. Es bien sabido que la innovación tecnológica requiere de grandes ajustes en las organizaciones y en las empresas.
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Factories Ready to Hire, but Skilled Workers Scarce - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 02 Jul 10 - Cached
  • In a survey last year of 779 industrial companies by the National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte, the accounting and consulting firm, 32 percent of companies reported “moderate to serious” skills shortages. Sixty-three percent of life science companies, and 45 percent of energy firms cited such shortages.
  • Employers say they are looking for aptitude as much as specific skills. “We are trying to find people with the right mindset and intelligence,” said Mr. Murphy.
  • Local leaders worry that the skills shortage now will be exacerbated once baby boomers start retiring. In Ohio, officials project that about 30 percent of the state’s manufacturing workers will be eligible for retirement by 2016.
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  • The jobs, which would pay $18 to $23 an hour, require considerable technical skill.
  • anonymous on 02 Jul 10
     
    Is assessing basic skills enough in a global economy?
  • anonymous on 02 Jul 10
     
    Yong Zaho is right, the US will loose by teaching to and assessing for basic skills. As Richard Florida and Dan Pink write about it is the Creative Class where there is real growth.
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CONNECT A SCHOOL, CONNECT A COMMUNITY - 1 views

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  • to promote broadband Internet connectivity for schools in developing countries around the world
  • Adrienne Michetti on 28 Jul 10
     
    An initiative of the International Telecommunication Union and supported by the UN: connect all primary, secondary and post-secondary schools to ICT by 2015.
  • Adrienne Michetti on 28 Jul 10
     
    This seems to be more about the actual connectivity than the education, but still something to keep an eye on.
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Global Education Conference Networking - 1 views

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  • Lucy Gray on 22 Aug 10
     
    If you are interested in networking with others participating in the Global Education Conference, please leave your information here. Partners, sponsors, presenters, volunteers and attendees are all welcome! This spreadsheet will be public, so that others can find you. For more information about the conference, please visit http://globaleducationconference.com where you can sign up for general information updates and to present on this site. Our social network supporting the conference will be the Global Education Collaborative: http://globaleducation.ning.com.
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YouTube - TEDxLaguna - Cristobal Cobo - Aprendizaje invisible: ¿Cómo aprender... - 1 views

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  • Tero Toivanen on 29 Aug 10
     
    Cristobal Cobo - Aprendizaje invisible: ¿Cómo aprender a pesar de la escuela?
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Muse - a project of the Internet2 K20 Initiative - 1 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 30 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Adrienne Michetti on 30 Aug 10
     
    A social utility that connects you with Internet2-enabled technologies and educators.
  • Adrienne Michetti on 30 Aug 10
     
    This is really a resource-rich site! There is a heavy higher-ed presence here. I encourage a look-through!
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NC's Zoo Conservation Education Site - 1 views

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  • katie mcmahon on 21 Dec 10
     
    Want to take a field trip to Papua New Guinea? You can now! Awesome multimedia tools for your class and great educator's ideas.
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