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EdTech Rewind Episode 10 - The Toughest Man in the World
Category: Education
Duration: 01:18:23
Publish Date: 2017-04-26 03:22:42
Description: For episode 11 the guys have a few special guests tonight from the 1980’s and 1990’s. Including Edward James Almos, Mr. T, and the Singles Soundtrack.

Clint and Lee talk about their week which includes, building a shed, testing, seeing Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, and soccer. The discussion quickly turns to one of the most important films of all time Mr. T’s After school movie special “The Toughest Man in the World”
The duo discuss Lee’s home school District Floyd County Schools and their recent recognition as a “Google Reference District” Lee talks about what this means and how they received the distinction as a Google Reference District.

Next the conversation moves into some interesting EdTech Articles of the week. The first being the newly released and projected federal budget for Education by Meghan Bogardus Cortez. Clint and Lee discuss the implications of the budget projections and the model of companies bundling professional development with their project. Edward James Olmos makes a brief appearance. This brings up a discussion of the #GoOpen movement and school districts that may look to adopt this. It’s time to Stand and Deliver some quality open source

The discussion goes on to article from Michelle Molnar of EdWeek Marketbrief about how sharing information could save School District monies on purchasing technology.

After another brief appearance from Mr. T and again Edward James Olmos there is a discussion about an article from friend of the show Dian Schaffhauser on what drives Professional
Development. Clint and Lee go on to talk about another article from Dian Schaffhauser on a Tech Incubator that is about to develop A.I apps that are created by 14 year old students.

Finally, the guys talk about education and the Syrian Refugee crisis from an NPR article from Anya Kamenetz. Clint and Lee discuss the possibility of virtual study groups to keep education possible for children in crisis.

Links:
Floyd County Schools receives Google Reference District Recognition - https://goo.gl/Sk2L2U.

Go Open Movement - https://tech.ed.gov/open/

School Leaders Could Do a Better Job at Using Evaluation Systems for PD Guidance - Dian Schaffhauser, - https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/04/18/school-leaders-could-do-better-at-using-evaluation-systems-for-pd-guidance.aspx

Startup Launches 'Built by Students for Students' Tech Incubator - Dian Schaffhauser
https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/04/18/startup-launches-built-by-students-for-students-tech-incubator.aspx

What Does the Proposed Federal Budget Mean for Ed Tech in K–12? - Meghan Bogardus Cortez
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/04/what-does-proposed-federal-budget-mean-ed-tech-k-12

Tech Is Dominating Efforts To Educate Syrian Refugees - Anya Kamenetz , http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/04/18/523611124/tech-is-dominating-efforts-to-educate-syrian-refugees

Sharing EdTech Prices Could Save Schools 3 Billion Annually - Michelle Molnar https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/k-12-schools-save-billions-sharing-ed-tech-prices-report-says/

Toughest Man in the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRaz0NHUOpw&disable_polymer=true

Stand and Deliver Finger Man Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WOgLltWhgg
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