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Lucy Gray

Biblioteca, aprendizaje y acceso a la información en medio del temporal tecno... - 1 views

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    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.
Lucy Gray

Factories Ready to Hire, but Skilled Workers Scarce - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • 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.
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    Is assessing basic skills enough in a global economy?
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    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.
Lucy Gray

CONNECT A SCHOOL, CONNECT A COMMUNITY - 1 views

  • to promote broadband Internet connectivity for schools in developing countries around the world
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    An initiative of the International Telecommunication Union and supported by the UN: connect all primary, secondary and post-secondary schools to ICT by 2015.
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    This seems to be more about the actual connectivity than the education, but still something to keep an eye on.
Lucy Gray

Global Education Conference Networking - 1 views

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    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.
Lucy Gray

YouTube - TEDxLaguna - Cristobal Cobo - Aprendizaje invisible: ¿Cómo aprender... - 1 views

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    Cristobal Cobo - Aprendizaje invisible: ¿Cómo aprender a pesar de la escuela?
Lucy Gray

Muse - a project of the Internet2 K20 Initiative - 1 views

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    A social utility that connects you with Internet2-enabled technologies and educators.
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    This is really a resource-rich site! There is a heavy higher-ed presence here. I encourage a look-through!
katie mcmahon

NC's Zoo Conservation Education Site - 1 views

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    Want to take a field trip to Papua New Guinea? You can now! Awesome multimedia tools for your class and great educator's ideas.
Henry Liebling

Centre Regional Expertise -ESD PORTO - 1 views

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    try Google translate from Portugese
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