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Exploring Design Thinking Micro-credentials in the Classroom

Digital Promise

2003), and technology (Kafai & Resnick, 2002; Todd, 1999) suggest that design thinking skills are not merely extras, but can in fact aid students in core subject areas as well as building cognitive and social skills (Carroll et al., Work in mathematics (Goldman et al., 1998), science (Kolodner et al.,

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20 Years of Student Feedback Drives Digital Learning

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Can you guess what students said was their most-used mobile device in 2003? In 2014, only one in four students had direct access to technology in class. The findings became foundational in the Department of Education’s annual technology plan—and have been since 2003. Hint: It burned.

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5 Ways to Empower Girls

The CoolCatTeacher

Lynn Colón – Bio As Submitted Lynmara Colón brings the perspective of a teacher, assistant principal, and principal positions she has held since joining education in 2003 to her work in literacy.

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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

Enter the knowledge-based economy – a trending topic across sectors more or less from 2003 onward. In 2014 a study found that many college freshmen had insufficient computer skills. I’ve taken a rather long, yet hopefully interesting route, in describing how computer literacy evolved into digital literacy.

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3 ways to improve special education outcomes

eSchool News

public schools—or 13 percent—received some form of special education services during the 2014-15 school year, and this number is on the rise. percent in 2014 to 6.99 million in 2003 to 6.1 Department of Education, 6.6 million students in U.S. percent in 2016—and the number of students diagnosed with ADHD increased from 4.4

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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

Edsurge

A classic example: Back in 2003 she led a groundbreaking experiment at Duke University to use iPods in education. Davidson’s book also argues that colleges in particular have a responsibility to update teaching techniques to meet the changing demographics of students and the changing needs of the workforce.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

Project Tomorrow is celebrating Speak Up America Week 2014 this week with opportunities for schools and classrooms to win prizes and grants by participating in this year''s Speak Up surveys. As part of this special week, Project Tomorrow will be releasing preliminary findings from the 2014 surveys completed so far.

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