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2020 Vision (revisited)

Dangerously Irrelevant

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. In that video, Karl imagines he is the commencement speaker for the Arapahoe High School (AHS) Class of 2020, reflecting back on the past 13 years of schooling for that cohort.

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Every Person Counts: How the 2020 U.S. Census Could Impact Adult Education

Digital Promise

The next census in 2020 will require counting a population of around 330 million people in more than 140 million housing units. Critical programs and services that adult education communities rely on, such as libraries and nonprofit organizations, could be impacted. The post Every Person Counts: How the 2020 U.S. population.

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Edcamp Library Promise Goes Virtual

Digital Promise

The focus of Klein Independent School District’s Edcamp Library Promise is to invite educators interested in building strong school library programs to share ideas, lessons, tech tools, and best practices that promote vibrant school libraries for every learner. This makes for a highly personalized day of learning!

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5 Best Security Practices for Working Remotely

ViewSonic Education

What started as a temporary change in 2020, soon became a great experiment in remote working. Nearly a third of the security breaches that occurred in 2020 used social engineering techniques, of which 90% were phishing. billion in 2020. The attackers then demand payment to in order to stop their attack. Avoid Public Wi-Fi.

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How Library Closures Hurt Adult Learners as Kids Doubled Down on Digital Reading

Edsurge

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

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COVID-19 Is Forever Changing How Students Experience Libraries

Edsurge

There’s a ritual that kicks off every new quarter in Michelle Luhtala’s library at New Canaan High School, one where English teachers send a gaggle of students through her doors to pick a new batch of books. Diana Rendina’s library at Tampa Preparatory School in Tampa, Fla., Take a biography of Andrew Carnegie. “But

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How Makerspaces in Schools Help Students Learn to Code

EdTech Magazine

Computer science has taken a priority slot for K–12 teachers , as experts forecast a majority of jobs will incorporate some kind of coding skills or computational thinking by as early as 2020. . Makerspaces have revolutionized what school libraries can do. What Are the Benefits of Makerspaces in Schools?

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