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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

Although educational VR content is not yet at an advanced stage, limited mainly to younger learners, and mainly exploratory (think digital field trips to Versailles) in nature, there are encouraging signs that STEM subjects, particularly chemistry and biology, will attract developer attention. How can teachers use VR in the classroom.

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Kelly Educational Staffing® and iteach® Announce Partnership

techlearning

Founded in 2003, iteach offers a unique online coursework format and accreditation for individuals who have a four-year degree. Imagine the positive impact a former engineer could make teaching a STEM-related subject to middle school students. About iteach Founded in 2003, iteach helps talented people become teachers.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. Four-year institutions charged , on average, $26,120 in tuition, board and other fees in 2015-16, compared with $5,504 in 1985-86. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5 It depends on how you look at the numbers and interpret the question.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with 'e's

It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ 2010) Beyond Digital Natives and Immigrants: Exploring Types of Net Generation Students, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning , 26 (5), 332-343. Kennedy, G., Dalgarnot, B.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

Before the pandemic, the number of Black families homeschooling was rising swiftly, doubling between 2003 and 2018. Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, co-founder of the education activism coalition Racial Justice NOW! Then, from spring to fall of last year, the proportion of Black homeschoolers increased almost fivefold, to 16.1

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.” I suspect these absences stem from another issue, the book’s focus on traditional-age undergraduate education. ” (30).

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.” I suspect these absences stem from another issue, the book’s focus on traditional-age undergraduate education. ” (30).