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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When I embarked on my teaching journey back in 2003, the landscape of the classroom was quite different from what we see today. This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Music Educators Journal , 103 (2), 20–26.

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Strategy, Serendipity, Sleepless Nights: 3 Edtech CEOs on ‘Great Exits’

Edsurge

Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003. That was the case for Kelly Shaw, the CEO of Ooka Island, a digital phonics business which was sold to Scholastic in 2017. At the time, he was part of PLATO Learning, a school instructional software vendor now known as Edmentum. It was an intense process,” she said.

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?Report: Summit Schools Shares Results of 15 Years

Edsurge

As of fall 2017, charter management organization Summit Public Schools (SPS), founded in 2003, serves 3,000 students across 100 schools in 30 states. In August 2017, Summit released “The Science of Summit ,” a report it describes as “15 years in the making.” How is Summit Learning evolving? What are lessons learned?

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Powerful Learning is Authentic and Challenging

Digital Promise

You can find inspiration for designing these types of experiences in this story from Charlottesville, VA—a center of political debate in August 2017. With this information, design a learning experience that allows students to learn (literally and figuratively) outside the walls of the school. Journal of Adolescent Research, 24, 423– 452.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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. Zodiac animal: Goat In Chinese culture, the goat represents ''filial piety, purity, and kindness'. If you were born in the Goat year (e.g.,1931,

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What Are the Best Books about the History of Education Technology?

Hack Education

Brian Dear, The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture (2017). Bob Johnstone, Never Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning (2003). Bill Ferster, Teaching Machines (2014). David Noble, Digital Diploma Mills (2001).

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

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). Appropriations: FY 2017: (in process) (President Obama request: $500,000,000). Appropriations: FY 2002 $700,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $817,096,000).

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