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Three Career Paths for Educational Innovators—How to Get There and Where the Jobs Are

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Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. We should all have our personal mission and belief system, I know what I want to do and I’m not going to be sheepish about that. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me.

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What Schools Can Learn From a Science Museum That Makes Learning Irresistible for Kids

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Tesoriero has developed this belief over the past 10 years in the classroom—and she attributes much of it to her involvement with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI). “We We want to know what you find compelling; what problem you think is worth solving; what you want to do or make. I want to go deeper but the bell just rang.’

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Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU

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Increasingly, students are going to college with the belief that it's a pathway to a better job. The idea that Uber is using gamification for incentivizing drivers to earn rewards, and that they're somehow a terrible actor just by doing that, I think is a little bit misleading. Adam, do you want to weigh in on that?