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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. Internet ubiquity in the classroom led teachers to adopt email and experiment with other technologies.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

The amount of time they’ve spent in the classroom (“seat time”) doesn’t matter, nor does the number of credits they’ve accumulated. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 The only signs that things have changed are posters that hang in some classrooms, enumerating the standards and proficiency levels.

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The breaking point that led to my sabbatical (and what’s next)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Even after I left the classroom and started doing instructional coaching, teaching was still my hobby. I’ve spent my free time socializing with other educators and participating in Twitter chats and Facebook groups about teaching. I would spend hours and hours a day on it, and I loved it. . My focus became broader, I guess.