It’s not often you can say you were at an event with participants from every continent who all believed in building a community of entrepreneurship. Up Global hosted their annual Up Summit, this time in Las Vegas’s revitalized downtown community. …

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Orlando Startup Weekend EDU is coming back for the third Startup Weekend Education in Orlando, July 11th-13th at Valencia College’s West Campus. Startup Weekend EDU is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile applications focused around education, which …

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I think we have heard a million times about hot topics in educational technology, such as  MOOCs, big data, and ebooks at a plethora of educational conference over the last two years.  I wish we started to hear more about …

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Seeking learning opportunities outside the classroom provides an important way for students to advance their knowledge and skills. But real-life learning isn’t limited to traditional internships. In this two-part post, I’ll introduce three ways students can learn outside the classroom.  …

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This year I had the opportunity to not only attend SXSWedu but to stay for SXSW Interactive with my lucky win of the .ME Rewards contest.  As with any event, I tried to capture a few moments through sketching at …

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This is the final segment to a great adventure in Austin. Did you miss Educational Adventures in Austin at #SXSWedu Day 1 and Educational Adventures in Austin at #SXSWedu Day 2? The last two days of SXSWedu wrap up pretty quickly with a …

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