Faced with Skills Gap, Employers Partner with Community Colleges

By Barnes&Noble College

In repeated surveys, today’s generation of students claim that they value the college experience, the opportunity to learn and the social interaction — but they also regard their college years as an investment. The Value of College report, conducted last year by MONEY and Barnes & Noble College, revealed that 90 percent of students considered the role of “preparing for a fulfilling career” as a valuable benefit of a college education. That gap between high expectations and the hard reality of a student unprepared for the world of work has spurred the development of both institutional programs and public policies to increase college readiness and create a more highly skilled and qualified competitive workforce.

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Facebook Finally Unveiled a Standalone VR Headset, And It’s Just $199

by Futurism

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerburg unveiled the Oculus Go today, at the Oculus Connect 4 keynote event. This low-cost, standalone VR headset will be available early next year, potentially introducing VR to a wider market. At the Oculus Connect 4 keynote, happening now in San Jose, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerburg just unveiled a device that could make virtual reality (VR) technologies more accessible. Introducing the Oculus Go: a standalone VR headset that won’t cost you an arm and a leg. At only $199, Zuckerberg called it “the most accessible VR headset yet.”

https://futurism.com/facebook-is-offering-an-affordable-vr-experience-with-the-oculus-go/

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6 Big Data and ML Takeaways from Strata 2017

By Joel Hans, RT Insights
The recent Strata Data Conference offered a look at the future of AI, big data, data science, machine learning, stream processing and more. The Strata Data Conference, held at the end of last month in New York, pledged to bring together the leading minds, and most promising new ideas, in big data. Between AI, big data, data science, machine learning (ML), stream processing, and more, it was a sophisticated, productive, and ultimately fascinating look at the future of this fast-growing industry. A few ideas and innovations percolated into the conversations held during and just after the event.

https://www.rtinsights.com/6-big-data-and-ml-takeaways-from-strata-2017/

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New Jersey college student’s iPhone explodes in class burning a hole in his jeans pocket – despite it being OFF

By KHALEDA RAHMAN, the Daily Mail

A New Jersey college student’s iPhone exploded in his pocket during a class despite the device being turned off. Darin Hlvaty was in a class at Rowan College in Glassboro when his iPhone 6 Plus caught fire last week. He said he threw the device on the ground as it burst into flames, but not before it burned a hole in the back pocket of his jeans. Students were forced to evacuate the building after the incident, CBS News reported.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3821499/New-Jersey-college-student-s-iPhone-explodes-class.html

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UR offers middle-school math teachers an online assist

By MIKE HIBBARD, Finger Lakes Times

Middle-school math teachers throughout Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES have an opportunity to participate in an online-based, professional development model geared toward rural school districts. The project is part of a $2.8 million grant awarded to the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education by the National Science Foundation. The funding covers a four-year period. “This program will expand our current professional development and research efforts to reach and benefit rural teachers, who have had limited access to high-quality professional development resources and experiences in the past due to geographic isolation,” said Jeffrey Choppin, chair of teaching and curriculum at the Warner School. “Our ultimate goal is to influence student learning and outcomes in all areas of the country, regardless of geographical access to resources.”

http://www.fltimes.com/news/ur-offers-middle-school-math-teachers-an-online-assist/article_8239c064-8840-11e6-809f-67440e78a026.html

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Welcome to the New Learning Network.

by the New York Times

Whether you’re here for the first time or have been visiting our site regularly for the last 18 years, we invite you to take a look around. Every school day since 1998, we have offered fresh classroom resources — from lesson plans and writing prompts to news quizzes, student contests and more — all based on the articles, essays, images, videos and graphics published on NYTimes.com. As we transition from the blog that has been our home since 2009, we’re bringing along our most popular features, but organizing them in a way we hope makes them easier to find. And, since our new site is mobile-friendly, we hope they’ll be easier to access too. One thing we haven’t changed: a commenting system that, over the years, has brought us hundreds of thousands of responses from teenagers around the world. So whether the students you know are interested in politics or pop culture, science or sports, fashion, food or foreign affairs, invite them here to join the conversation.

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Teacher-Controlled Video Observations Improve Teacher Assessment Process

By Leila Meyer, THE Journal

Teachers who participated in a year-long study comparing video-recorded and in-person classroom observations found the video observation process fairer and more useful overall than in-person observations, according to a new report from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. The report, “The Best Foot Forward Project: Substituting Teacher-Collected Video for In-Person Classroom Observations,” summarizes the findings of the first year of implementation of the Best Food Forward Project. The researchers studied 347 teachers and 108 administrators at schools in Delaware, Georgia, Colorado and California.

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Online degrees in NJ: More schools offering Web-only programs

By Dino Flammia, New Jersey 101.5

Online learning, from classes to homework to exams, has become a more viable option for students in New Jersey and across the country. John B. Wilson, head of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey, said most members are jumping on board with degrees achieved via the Web. “It has become much more popular,” Wilson said. “Of course, technology has changed as well to make the delivery more effective.”

http://nj1015.com/online-degrees-in-nj-more-schools-offering-web-only-programs/

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Learning online

by Sally Rummel, Tri-county Times

While traditional classroom settings are still the norm for most students in the U.S., especially in K-12 schools, online learning has become a mainstream reality for most college and university students today. The trend toward online learning prompted the Michigan Legislature to pass a law in 2006 to require all Michigan high school students to take at least one online course during their high school career, with the goal of preparing students for this virtual style of learning. Today, more than 80 percent of public universities and half of all private colleges offer at least one fully online program

http://www.tctimes.com/living/featured_sections/learning-online/article_0d9442c2-6cf6-11e5-865e-539d74713191.html

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3 ways technology buoys at-risk students

By Laura Devaney, eSchoolNews

Educational technology can greatly improve outcomes for at-risk students if implemented correctly. Interactive learning and other technology-enabled strategies can increase engagement and significantly improve achievement among at-risk students, according to a new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE). When properly implemented, three aspects of educational technology combine to support at-risk high school students: interactive learning, use of technology to explore and create rather than to “drill and kill,” and the proper blend of teachers and technology, according to the report, authored by Stanford Professor and SCOPE Faculty Director Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford Professor Shelley Goldman, and doctoral student Molly B. Zielezinski.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/10/07/technology-at-risk-767/

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Four tips to manage mobile classrooms

By Laura Devaney, eSchoolNews

Promoting access while maintaining student safety can prove challenging for educators. As classrooms change with the evolution of mobile technology, classroom management strategies must adjust to walk the line between keeping students on task and giving students freedom to use their mobile devices for learning. Focusing on four classroom management components may help educators as they strive to incorporate mobile devices into teaching and learning while meeting the challenge of minimizing device distractions.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/10/08/manage-mobile-classrooms-830/

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Starbucks says 2,000 staffers apply for online college program

By Ángel González, Seattle Times

Starbucks says 2,000 of its staffers have applied to participate in the subsidized college education program it offers employees, and 1,800 have been admitted by Arizona State University, its partner in the program. The first 1,000 or so will begin classes on Oct. 15, the company says. About two thirds of them will be juniors and seniors, and therefore eligible for full tuition reimbursement.

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2024715704_starbuckscollegexml.html

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