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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Limited quantities on desktops, gaming laptops, high quality monitors, thunderbolt docks, wireless mice and more. In 2002, Jon received the Presidential Award for Excellence for Math and Science Teaching; and in 2010, he was a Semi-Finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year. Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals.

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Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

Edsurge

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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Dave Eggers on Finding Creative Refuge From the ‘Lunacy’ of Technology

Edsurge

That’s a spirit that is very much a part of 826, a network of elaborately whimsical tutoring and writing centers that Eggers helped launch in 2002. Nínive Calegari and I built it back in 2002 as a drop-in writing and tutoring center for kids in the neighborhood. The centers all have laptops. It’s made for humans.

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To Chrome or Not to Chrome, that is the Question (Hint the Answer is YES!)

Saving Socrates

The first laptop I ever bought was a Toshiba. It lasted me from 1997 to 2002. In laptop years, that is ancient. I loved that laptop. So any laptop cart you have will need at least 23 computers. That means we are talking about a laptop cart for under $4,600 dollars. You can''t beat that price point.

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Technology Alone is not a Silver Bullet for School Improvement.

EdTechSandyK

They have implemented a 1:1 laptop program for students which due to its success in improving student achievement has become a model that is being looked at by schools across the nation. I have been here since 2003 and I am "digital native" but I have taught here both before and after the laptops. I am a teacher in MGSD.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

That’s a sharp increase from the 2002-03 school year, when, according to the U.S. million online courses in 2014-15; in 2002-03, students took 317,000 online courses to the U.S. Related: Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops. million students took about 4.5 million online courses in 2014-15. Why Mississippi?

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A school district wades through a deluge of social-emotional curricula to find one that works

The Hechinger Report

Shawn Young, chief executive of Classcraft, a tech company that produces educational games and other products, likens the current momentum around social-emotional learning to past trends such as the push to bring laptops and iPads to every student. Meth and opioids flooded in.