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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

From grade school to higher education, Smart Classrooms have become a mainstay of the modern educational environment. For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology.

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ISTE 2018: 5 Best Practices for Adhering to Federal Privacy Laws

EdTech Magazine

classrooms, it’s critical to keep student data safe. The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) was established in 2001 with the No Child Left Behind Act and is known for its provisions dealing with surveys and assessments. Definitely check with your legal counsel on what your state requirements are there.”.

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Once Reviled in Education, Wikipedia Now Embraced By Many Professors

Edsurge

One of the biggest proponents of the power of Wikipedia in the classroom is Robert Cummings, associate professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi. In fact, you definitely will find spotty quality. When Wikipedia was first came out and was first reviewed in 2001. It's not my perspective.

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Teaching Geopolitics: Fantasy Football as a Learning Game

MindShift

The students had come of age in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which shocked most Americans’ geopolitical sensibilities awake. You definitely have to research a lot.” They were having these conversations on social media that I wanted to have in my classroom.”

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

The New York Times tried to keep track of all the 45th President’s falsehoods this year, but it seems to have abandoned its “ definitive list ” some time in July. ” These beliefs are readily amplified and shared by the very “network effects” baked into the infrastructure of social media platforms.