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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. Fifty percent of UVA-PLE’s recent partners have reported double-digit gains in math or language arts in only two years. This press release originally appeared online.

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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. The changes are not just incremental; they are foundational, reshaping the very nature of how we teach and learn. The onset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education is a testament to this rapid evolution.

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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. 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031), you are a person who "remember past events well and learn quickly from your mistakes. Chinese Zodiac Animals 1.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions.

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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 really enjoy just working on the body of the car and learning.

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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 his conversations with Japanese teachers, Takahashi learned how teachers covered for each other during school closures to make sure no students in their schools fell behind.