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Social Identity and Mobile Technology

Connecting 2 the World

The focus of this post is on defining social identity as it relates to mobile technology. Cell phones and mobile technology has created a new level of social identity in which a person does not have to physically be present to categorize themselves or play a role expected when they perceive themselves as part of a group.

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Teacher Burnout- Symptoms, Causes, and Strategies to Prevent It

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ). Classroom risks and resources: Teacher burnout, classroom quality and children's adjustment in high needs elementary schools. Journal of School Psychology, 53, 337-357. Mearns, J., & & Cain, J. Bradshaw, C. & Keinan, G.

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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

Edsurge

Jason Palmer has returned to New Markets Venture Partners , where he spent two years beginning in 2012 as an entrepreneur-in-residence. From this second fund New Markets has already made several investments: Practice (formerly ApprenNet), a mobile video-based learning tool; Credly , a digital credentialing platform; and Noodle Partners.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024), you are likely to be associated with the following attributes: standing for one's family, bravery, ambition, and generosity. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ). If you were born in the Dragon year (e.g.,1928,

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

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. ” FY 2012 $0. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies). Appropriations: FY 2002 $700,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $817,096,000). FY 2013 $0.

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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. Five years later, in 2012, the majority of these young college graduates had full-time jobs. Kids who come from poor families are more likely to remain poor as adults than in the past.

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Register Now for the Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

WEBINAR PLATFORM : The sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate , and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. She received the Public Libraries Best Feature Article Award in 2012 and 2010, and was honored as a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2004. and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.