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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

How Summer Learning Loss Widens the Achievement Gap. The literacy rate in America is marked by a gap between privileged and disadvantaged communities. Scholastic Instructor, May 2005, 114(8), pp. The post How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality appeared first on Waterford.org. Krueger, A.B.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

During my teaching career, I’ve observed that when students are given the autonomy to explore subjects that they are passionate about, their engagement and retention rates soar. ” Both critical thinking skills (e,g., It involves understanding how to navigate the digital landscape responsibly and effectively.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. How do we know that engaging students works better than scores and praise? Students always receive feedback on their answers and if they’re wrong, they’re given feedback on how to answer similar questions in the future. Pape, Karen E. Bergan, J. Sladeczek, I. Lepper, M.

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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

Edsurge

The e-commerce giant announced that Amazon Transcribe , a service that converts audio from speech to text is partnering with Echo360, a video-platform for higher education institutions, to provide automated captioning of lectures that will be displayed side-by-side along the video. I think if the error rates were even lower.,

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

Pringle said that the NEA is currently working with the FCC on how to get increased investment in the E-rate program because, through that program, dollars can be distributed in an equitable manner. Kids don’t have time to wait, so school leaders need to make professional learning a high priority.

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Why We Don't Need a 'Netflix for Education'

Edsurge

While Netflix's algorithms can rely on viewer ratings and behavior to determine how successful its recommendations are, effective educational personalization requires objective measures of student learning. References Bjork, E. And the problem is that education companies often seem to be measuring everything but learning--e.g.,

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with 'e's

We are delighted that Terry will be delivering a keynote speech at this year''s European Distance and E-Learning Network ( EDEN ) Conference in Zagreb in June. Terry: I think like any professional, distance educators need to know how to effectively use the tools of their trade. Steve: Terry, thank you very much. Reference Cousin, G.

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