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Why most schools won’t ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic

Dangerously Irrelevant

As I noted in a recent article that I submitted: “… reflection on organizational possibilities and institutional futures is common during the ‘reconstruction’ phase (Boin & Hart, 2003) of a crisis (see also Coombs, 2000; Heath, 2004; Boin, Hart, Stern, & Sundelius, 2005; Jaques, 2009; Smith & Riley, 2012). References.

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

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Powerful Learning is Authentic and Challenging

Digital Promise

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Cultivating these intentions has been shown to enhance students’ persistence. Yeager, D.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The Ox years are: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 3. 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027), you will probably have these attributes: easy to get along with people, you have a deep sense of curiosity, and you like to learn new things. If you were born in the Goat year (e.g.,1931,

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How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Edsurge

Since 2016, a California company has set out to make Montessori mainstream through building and acquiring a network of schools and technologies, and offering professional development programs to prepare future Montessori teachers and leaders. He climbed up the ladder and became its CEO in 2009.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with 'e's

One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There is further yet dissent.

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Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

The Thinking Stick

I have had experience with “Going Virtual School” three times in my career and every time it was similar and yet different due to the technology we had. 2003 – In Saudi Arabia due to terrorism in the country, I helped my school set up and run Moodle to do Virtual School. Last but not least…. seize the moment!

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