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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)). The Phi Delta Kappan , 79(8), 605–609.

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Powerful Learning is Authentic and Challenging

Digital Promise

Adjusting to feedback from ongoing formative assessment during learning allows educators to offer the help students need so they continue to feel the right level of productive struggle. You can find inspiration for designing these types of experiences in this story from Charlottesville, VA—a center of political debate in August 2017.

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

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000).

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This Texas college’s focus on mental health helps students work through trauma, stay on track

The Hechinger Report

All students start their academic journey at the college by sitting with counselors who assess their mental health needs. We see colleges and universities as being a critical leverage point for facilitating access to mental health care,” Hansch said. “If READ MORE. “We It’s not as simple as just being there for students.

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EdSurge Article Recommends Edtech Efficacy Portfolios - Here's Ours

MIND Research Institute

Fuster, 2004; Schneider & Chein, 2003), schemas and heuristics (e.g., Polya, 1959; Ghosh & Gilboa, 2014), embodied cognition (Tran, Smith, & Buschkuehl, 2017), and creativity and problem solving (e.g., Effect sizes as reflected by multiple state assessments. Dietrich, 2004), to name a few. Formative Research.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

million (Seed) 2017 EduLab Brightwheel $10 million (A) 2017 GGV Capital ClassWallet $1.5 TAL Education Group , which began as a solo tutoring operation in 2003 and has since grown into a publicly-traded empire, boasting $620 million in revenue in 2015 from a network of over 300 brick-and-mortar tutoring centers. Based Company.

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An upscale Florida auction yields millions for local preschool programs

The Hechinger Report

In 2009, just over 50 percent of children entering Immokalee’s six elementary schools were considered “kindergarten ready,” as determined by Florida’s kindergarten screening exam, the Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading. million from the foundation since 2003. The center has received $13.7