Quality vs. Quantity: Choosing Your Back-to-School Apps (Edutopia)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 14 | September 5, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]


Monica Burns says, “You’ve been there. Open a new device and make a quick visit to the App Store. A simple search turns into download wheels spinning for lots of different apps. With thousands of free (and paid) apps to choose from, it’s hard to know where to start.

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Fifth 21st Century Academic Forum Conference at Harvard, September 27 – 29

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 13 | July 25, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]


Conference Dates: September 27-29, 2016

Venue: Martin Conference Center at Harvard University (Boston, MA USA)

Organizers:

  • 21st Century Academic Forum
  • Innovative Schools Network supported by the OECD

Ways of Participating:

  • Oral Presenter: 25 minutes
  • Poster Presenter: 3 hours (held on September 28th from the a.m. coffee break through lunch)
  • Absentee Presenter: For those unable to join us in person at Harvard, we offer the opportunity to participate as an Absentee Presenter. Absentee Presenters can: (1) upload a narrated presentation to our website and social media sites; (2) publish his/her abstract in the Conference Program Book; and (3) publish his/her paper in the Conference Proceedings.
  • Non-Presenter (Listener): For those interested in attending to participate in the various presentation sessions.

Submission Deadline: August 28, 2016

Conference Description:

The theme of the Fifth 21st Century Academic Forum Conference at Harvard is “Challenge 2030: Envisioning the Future of Education.” The organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives under three major topic tracks: (more…)

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