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Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

A large body of empirical evidence suggests that self-regulated learners are more effective, confident, resourceful, and persistent in learning (Pintrich, 1995; Schunk & Zimmerman, 1994; Winne & Hadwin, 1998; Zimmerman & Campillo, 2003). Research provides a sound rationale for its importance and impact on learners. Ormrod, J.

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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. 2010) linked boredom to attentional problems in class, while Maroldo (1986) noted its association with lower GPAs and a decreased motivation to learn.

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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 2010 $100,000,000. Rationale for Obama administration FY 2010 program funding reduction : “ The proposed reduction of $169.9 FY 2011 $100,000,000 (President Obama’s request: $0).

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022) are associated with these attributes: courage, ambition, enthusiasm, generosity, self-confidence, commitment to help others, altruism, sociability, and audacity. The Ox years are: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 3. If you were born in the Rabbit year (e.g.,

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. billion in 2010. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8

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Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

The Thinking Stick

2003 – In Saudi Arabia due to terrorism in the country, I helped my school set up and run Moodle to do Virtual School. 2011 – I worked with Senators and the State Department in Washington DC to help fund a global Virtual School installment for International Schools to use in case of an emergency. Lessons Learned: 1.

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Rethinking How Scholarship Works at MLA17

ProfHacker

Working from 2011 to 2015, Salter and Whitson asked Helms and the other participants of the Digital Humanities Quarterly special issue devoted to “Comics as Scholarship” to write their work in sequential art.