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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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Secure Moodle-KITABOO Integration: DRM-Protected Digital Publishing

Kitaboo on EdTech

Since its development by Martin Dougiamas in 2002, Moodle has risen to become one of the top learning management systems of 2024. These valuable insights will help you understand students’ behavior and progress and inform future eLearning strategies. Wrapping Up What is Moodle?

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

Doug Levin

Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S. ” How would the program operate?

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Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Book

TeachThought - Learn better.

40 Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Book. Studies of the effectiveness of video in formal learning environments have yielded some confusing ideas, namely that content acquired via video consumption doesn’t easily transfer to the medium of text (Fisch 2002; Koran, Snow & McDonald 1971).

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Learning on the move

Learning with 'e's

It was nice to be invited to present a session for Sheffield Hallam University on mobile learning earlier today. Mobile learning is going to be very big indeed. One report suggests that as many as 8 out of every 10 people now having access to some form of mobile communication device.

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My Thoughts on Gaming and Learning from G4L15

RafranzDavis.com

They were just beginning to download mobile games and wanted more “education-less” application that didn’t care whether they found the value of x but cared more about if they understood the why and when of the math itself. I owned, played and beat that game…because in 2002, dancing via controller was a thing.

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

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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. Here are five: Mobility: Students can take an iPad anywhere. Back in 2013, approximately 60% of Maine's participating districts chose iPads.

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