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ISTE floats draft of Computer Science standards

I have no idea if the release of the ISTE draft of computer science standards has anything to do with the ISTE conference or not, but it would make some sense in providing the opportunity for sessions that allow for … Continue reading

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Microsoft aquires Flipgrid and makes it free for educators

Today, I’m thrilled to announce the Flipgrid team will be joining Microsoft and embarking on its next exciting chapter. To bring the power of video-based social learning to everyone, we’ll be making Flipgrid free for all educators and offering prorated refunds … Continue reading

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Podcast recommendation – start here

This is a quick tutorial intended for a specific group. You are in this group if you listen to podcasts and want to recommend a specific segment of a podcast for others. For example, I listen to TWIT (this week … Continue reading

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Higher ed bubble

There is no doubt higher education is changing. At first, I thought my experience in North Dakota was due to the downturn in the energy sector which in combination with the reluctance of Republican state legislatures to adjust taxes to … Continue reading

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Amazon algorithms

Trying to get a big company that relies on algorithms to understand a special case that their algorithms do not handle appropriately can be a real challenge. We have just refreshed our textbook (Integrating technology for meaningful learning) that is … Continue reading

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Google sponsored CS education analysis

School administrations wanting to understand the pro-computer science position in K12 position might find this recent Google sponsored analysis of value. Blikstein, P. (2018). Pre-College Computer Science Education : A Survey of the Field, 45. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/gmS1Vm.

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