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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2001: $450,000,000. Legislative Authorization: Title II, Part D (Sections 2401-2422) of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 1998: $425,000,000.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. When you scan the cube with your mobile device — it will work with an iPhone, an iPad, and it works with Android, but you have to have the Merge Cube app on it.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with 'e's

It prompted much debate and led to a number of publications which presented my thinking to a wider audience (Wheeler, 2000b; 2001). In many ways, and for most students, it would be hard to conceive of a way of learning and working that was devoid of the Web, e-mail or mobile phones. Continued tomorrow References Bach, S., McConnell, D.

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A tale of two keynotes

Learning with 'e's

It prompted much debate and led to a number of publications which presented my thinking to a wider audience (Wheeler, 2000b; 2001). They are able to learn on the move using mobile technologies, and are able to access a vast storehouse of knowledge through ubiquitous access to the World Wide Web. and Lewis-Smith, J. and Moonen, J.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

2014; Hofferth & Sandberg, 2001). Another nationwide study found that children under 12 years old have approximately two hours of free time during the day and that this decreases as they get older (Hofferth & Sandberg, 2001). Courtesy of Denise Pope. Unfortunately, time for free play within school hours has also declined.

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Homework: Good or Bad? Here Is What Research Says

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2010, 2011; Trautwein & Lüdtke, 2007, (Xu, 2010a). It scaffolds classroom learning and helps students reinforce learned skills. Autonomous students, that is those who can do homework on their own, are more likely to perform better academically (Fernández-Alonso, 2015; Dettmers et al.,2010, Epstein, J. & van Voorhis, F.

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Dallas parents flocking to schools that pull students from both rich and poor parts of town

The Hechinger Report

Research shows that kids from both low-income and affluent families do better in school when they’re in socioeconomically mixed classrooms. In 2007, the U.S. Since 2001, Cambridge, Massachusetts has used a “ controlled choice ” socioeconomic school assignment model. Credit: Nitashia Johnson for The Hechinger Report.

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