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30 Effective Classroom Attention Getters with Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For instance, Wallace, Vodanovich, and Restino (2003) discussed how boredom correlates with attention deficit and memory lapses, signaling a deeper issue than mere disinterest. This approach appeals to different learning styles and keeps students engaged (Mayer, 2003). Furthermore, Pekrun et al. 2004; Deci, 1992; Renninger et al.,

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

December 2003. Curriculum Inquiry, 2013, 43(1), pp. Teaching and Teacher Education, October 2007, 23(7), pp. Urban Education, 2013, 48(4), pp. Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2013, 3(2), pp. Multicultural Education, 2007, 14(4), pp. Educational Leadership, September 1995, 53(1), pp.

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

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2013 $0. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). FY 2014 $0.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025), you are likely to have these traits: thoughtfulness and a profound sense of decision making, you mean what you say, a smart communicator, "you always have the facts to defend your what you think—and rarely back down." If you were born in the Dragon year (e.g.,1928,

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A Paradigm Shift

A Principal's Reflections

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Just a few years ago it would have been near impossible to predict some of the paradigm shifts we have experienced. At this point change began to happen at a rapid pace. Barrett, P., Moffat,J., &

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What Your School Needs to Know About Trauma-Informed Practices

Waterford

Children & Schools, April 2013, 35(2), pp. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2007, 64(5), pp. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2003, 12(2), pp. An Ecological Perspective on Emerging Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices. Children & Schools, October 2015, 37(4), 223-230. Walkley, M., and Cox, T.L.

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What happened when a city full of teachers, most of them black, was fired

The Hechinger Report

In 2003, just 15 percent of teachers in large urban districts across the country were black but in New Orleans, teaching was largely a job done by black women: 71 percent of teachers were black and 78 percent were women. But by the fall of 2013, just 22 percent of those educators were still working in New Orleans.

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