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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. Educational software, ranging from language learning apps like Duolingo to math problem-solving platforms like Khan Academy, provides personalized learning experiences. link] Berger et al.

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Amplify’s Been Quiet. Here’s Where CEO Larry Berger Says It’s Going in 2018

Edsurge

He also talked about the challenges facing edtech companies today, including his skepticism towards what he calls an “engineering” model of personalized learning. EdSurge: What is Amplify in 2018? And that’s the thing we started doing back in 2003, which has grown and evolved. Edtech” certainly wasn’t a thing.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

While many families are eager for a return to in-person learning this fall, others are not: Surveys show that some families are reluctant to return — and, that Black and Asian families are the most likely to feel this way. Principal Alice Hom speaking to parents and theater club students at P.S. 124 in 2018. Kids are scared.”

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Summit Learning Shares Lessons Learned: An Interview with Andrew Goldin

Edsurge

This month marks the four-year anniversary of Summit Learning , a program that aims to personalize learning for students with an emphasis on projects, mentorship and technologies that help them build skills and self-initiative. Grown out of a small pilot in 2015, the program began as an experiment. Is it merely a rebranding?

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

His most recent books are The Crisis of Connection: Roots, Consequences and Solutions with Niobe Way, Carol Gilligan and Alisha Ali (New York University Press, 2018) and Race, Equity and Education: Sixty Years From Brown with Jill Pierce and Roey Ahram (Springer, 2015). He is the author, co-author, and editor of 13 books.

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Close the Achievement Gap: 5 Specific Strategies

EdNews Daily

In Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices (2003), Belinda Williams identified four needs of students. We’ve added one more: creating a personalized environment. Provide a Personalized Learning Environment. Needs of Students. 1. Access to challenging curriculum and instruction.

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Technology’s Impact on Student Learning: Insights from the Speak Up 2022 Congressional Briefing

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In 2003, Project Tomorrow, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping K-12 education leaders identify and implement best practices, launched the Speak Up Research Project, which gives K-12 leaders insights into current and emerging dynamics in the education ecosystem—and what those dynamics mean for all the stakeholders within a school district.

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