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What Is an App Builder?

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If you can't afford to hire a developer to create a mobile app for your small business, then a do-it-yourself app builder just may be the right way to go.
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The Edupunks' Guide to a DIY Credential

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Anya Kamenetz, a nationally recognized educational expert and author of Generation Debt and DIY U, has written the first-ever book sponsored by the Gates Foundation. The Edupunks' Guide is a first-of-its kind resource for the future of education: a comprehensive guide to learning online and charting a personalized path to an affordable credential using the latest innovative tools and organizations. Real-life stories and hands-on advice for today's students, whether you're going back to school, working, transferring colleges, or pursuing lifelong learning goals.


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Nik Peachey's curator insight, August 11, 2014 11:59 AM

A good free book on how to get the best out of online education

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A DIY Guide to Professional Development: Learn New Skills for Free or Cheap

A DIY Guide to Professional Development: Learn New Skills for Free or Cheap | Box of delight | Scoop.it
Want to learn new skills, but can’t get an allowance from your company? DIY your professional development goals with a few strategies that won’t make you broke.

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Empowering Teachers with DIY

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Betty Ray is Edutopia's senior blog editor and community manager.

 

Do it Yourself -- or DIY -- culture has been around since the 90s. (Remember 'zines, and indie record labels?) Now that technology is a gazillion times cheaper, more pervasive and powerful, the DIY movement is spreading into almost every aspect of society.

This has powerful implications for teachers; many of whom are participating in some innovative (and low-cost, or free) professional development opportunities. To that end, I would argue that we are amid a learning renaissance, and that the DIY movement is one of its most powerful catalysts.

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