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

Doug Levin

Guidance on the Enhancing Education Through Technology (Ed Tech) Program: Funds Made Available Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (July 2009). FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants. FY 2010 $100,000,000.

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Powerful Learning is Authentic and Challenging

Digital Promise

Learning experiences that challenge students to perform at the highest reaches of their abilities while tackling authentic and meaningful goals can drive students toward achieving their most ambitious learning goals. Students need an authentic purpose for learning 1. Yeager, D. S., & Bundick, M. doi:10.1177/0743558409336749.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Schools that foster trust among parents, teachers, and school leaders are more likely to see academic improvement than schools that do little or fail to foster trust ( Bryk and Schneider, 2003 ). 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ).

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

A teacher’s efficacy belief is a judgment of his or her capabilities to bring about desired outcomes of student engagement and learning.4 Pursuing a “sense of success”: New teachers explain their career decisions, American Educational Research Journal 40 (3) (2003), pp. New York: Free, 2003. & Birkeland, S.E.

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Homework: Good or Bad? Here Is What Research Says

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this study, Cooper et al analyzed a large pool of research studies on homework conducted in the United States between between 1987 and 2003. The influence is mainly noticed in students in grades 7-12 and less in students grades K-6. Homework can drive students to develop negative attitudes towards school and learning.

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What Is Universal Design for Learning ?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2003), and Universal Instructional Design (UID; Silver et al., Addresses Diverse Learning Styles: By providing multiple means of representation, UDL accommodates different learning styles, helping students to better understand and engage with the content. 2006; Kurtts, Matthews, & Smallwood, 2009), and reading (Meo, 2008).

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who are now crafting the final document. The Charter was launched in November 2009. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.