Maker Education

Maker education is a new educational movement that sees potential in the process of ‘making’ at school. Maker education hopes to achieve the development of ‘maker-skills’ such as developing creativity, imagination, engineering and problem solving trough making in school.

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Skubes.com

Skubes is designed to become the Internet's top provider for educational videos and interactive books for children in kindergarten through the 12th grade. Skubes is taking all the lessons taught from kindergarten through the twelfth grade and putting them on video, where they are taught by an actual teacher and broken into short three to ten-minute segments. The videos, available in English, will cover math, science and language arts. The videos are accessible through the Internet and can be watched via a computer, tablet, smartphone or Apple TV. Skubes currently has thousands of videos and quizzes, which are available to individuals or through schools or schools systems. Our resources are available to the students at home and while in school. Our reach is growing every week as we are now being used in schools in Texas, Chicago, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Mississippi. Our resources are primarily used for tutoring, remediation, lesson review, blended learning, lesson previewi

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How to Successfully Implement a Learning Management System

whitePaper | December 9, 2022

One of the biggest drivers of member acquisition is continuing education. For example, a 2020 Member Engagement Study revealed that members ranked professional associations as their #1 most trusted source for professional education and training.

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Empowering Students with Equitable Access to Career Experiences

whitePaper | August 8, 2022

Aiming to help all students succeed beyond high school, a growing number of K-12 school systems are expanding opportunities for career exploration and experience as well as extending these activities into the younger grades.

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1st Annual Merrimack College Teacher Survey: 2022 Results

whitePaper | October 28, 2022

The survey results suggest a deep disillusionment of many teachers who feel overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated, with potential implications for a once-in-a-generation shift in the teaching profession.

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Report on the Condition of Education 2023

whitePaper | May 31, 2023

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. It fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report full and complete statistics on the condition of education in the United States; conduct and publish reports and specialized analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; assist state and local education agencies in improving their statistical systems; and review and report on education activities in foreign countries.

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6 key concepts in 2022 in corporate training

whitePaper | August 22, 2022

Corporate e-learning is increasingly becoming an important part of modern organizations. According to data released by the Brazilian Association of Training and Development, in 2021 companies should invest 20% more in training and development (T&D), compared to the previous year. Many organizations support this idea and consider corporate training an essential part of a company’s investment and growth strategy

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K-12 IT SUPPORT PLAYBOOK

whitePaper | August 15, 2020

Like most K-12 school systems, Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District finds funding to be a constant struggle. The district’s IT department, which consists of 32 full-time staff members, must support nearly 14,000 devices used by 18,800 students and approximately 2,200 staff in 47 schools and three additional facilities spread across a geographic area the size of West Virginia. This task would be nearly impossible without improving the maturity of its IT management. But with the help of certain tools and processes, Senior IT Program Manager Justin Michaud and his colleagues are delivering more value to the district—while adopting a “customer-focused” mindset.

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Skubes.com

Skubes is designed to become the Internet's top provider for educational videos and interactive books for children in kindergarten through the 12th grade. Skubes is taking all the lessons taught from kindergarten through the twelfth grade and putting them on video, where they are taught by an actual teacher and broken into short three to ten-minute segments. The videos, available in English, will cover math, science and language arts. The videos are accessible through the Internet and can be watched via a computer, tablet, smartphone or Apple TV. Skubes currently has thousands of videos and quizzes, which are available to individuals or through schools or schools systems. Our resources are available to the students at home and while in school. Our reach is growing every week as we are now being used in schools in Texas, Chicago, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Mississippi. Our resources are primarily used for tutoring, remediation, lesson review, blended learning, lesson previewi

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