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Happy New Year! And Public Domain Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Some history from Wikipedia: “It could have entered the public domain in four different years: first in 1955, renewed to 1986, then to 2003 by the Copyright Act of 1976, and then to 2023 by the Copyright Term Extension Act (also known pejoratively as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act”) of 1998.

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4 focus areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure

eSchool News

” UVA-PLE has partnered with more than 400 schools across 100 districts in 25 states since 2003. While the systems that are spotlighted vary greatly, each leader is united in their laser-like focus on student achievement.” This press release originally appeared online.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In 2023, Chinese New Year will fall on Sunday, January 22. For instance, the lunar year 2023 which starts on January 22 is the year of the Rabbit. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, always falls on a date between January 21 and February 20. If you were born in the Rabbit year (e.g.,

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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. Retrieved from: [link] Further readings 21st Century Learning Framework, Battle for Kids, accessed January 3, 2023, [link] Becker, J. Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education. Department of Education.

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PROOF POINTS: There is a worldwide problem in math and it’s not just about the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

But the most recent rankings, released in December 2023, indicated that U.S. math scores recorded in the history of the PISA math test, which began in 2003. In the past, PISA results have often spurred anguished discussion about why U.S. students are so far behind other countries like Finland, Korea and Poland.

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Trade programs — unlike other areas of higher education — are in hot demand

The Hechinger Report

Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville student Robert Nivyayo works on his car during auto collision repair class Wednesday, April 13, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Among them is 26-year-old Cheven Jones, taking a break from working on his 2003 Lexus IS 300. I’m a woman, I’m young and I’m decent looking, so the world is scary.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Cordi, Thomas Schreiner, and Björn Rasch (2023), prior knowledge is seen as a pre-existing understanding that influences memory consolidation during sleep. Similarly, in the paper “ Additional training opportunities restore sleep-associated memory benefits under conditions of low prior knowledge ” by Maren J. IJ STEM Ed , 6 (33).