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Students With a Bigger Purpose Stay Motivated

Digital Promise

This practice helped them to internalize these views and increase their GPA scores in STEM classes, particularly among low-performing students (3). In one scenario, high schoolers wrote testimonials about the importance of learning course material with the intention to make an impact in the world. Why does it work? Eyler, J., & Giles, D.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

When I worked at Microsoft back in 2002, our team basically invented the idea of Google Classroom (it was called Microsoft Class Server), but we were twelve years too early and the product disappeared by 2006. And, perhaps most importantly, when is the right time to invest? million in 2019 to 18.6 million students in 2021, a 5.1

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

In 2002, our team at Microsoft Education created an LMS for a world where every teacher and student had a tablet computer. And K-12 isn’t just one market if you’re a content company; you need to hone your expertise in particular subject areas, such as math, English or STEM. billion in 2010. Oh, and by the way, U.S.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. So you wouldn’t find, for example, with technology — Albemarle has been in a one-to-one environment for a number of years now, as has Charlottesville City. You go to Henrico County?