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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. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. Department of Education.

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Certell’s Poptential™ Addresses 21st-Century Wars With Free Memorial Day Teaching Resources

eSchool News

9/11 shocked the world —The Poptential September 11 bell ringer highlights why 9/11 remains one of the most important events in recent history. Poptential is available via a digital platform that allows students to access lessons even in poor bandwidth environments. It features a video clip of President George W.

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Powerful Learning is Authentic and Challenging

Digital Promise

In the culminating event, students chose an “untold story” from their community and designed a memorial monument, which was then showcased to the community. You can find inspiration for designing these types of experiences in this story from Charlottesville, VA—a center of political debate in August 2017. Get started with Powerful Learning.

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What Your School Needs to Know About Trauma-Informed Practices

Waterford

Did you know that over one-half of all students will experience a traumatic event by the time they reach adulthood?[8] Trauma is defined as a response to a negative event or series of events that surpasses a child’s ordinary adaptive skills.[6] Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress in childhood. Copeland, W.E.,

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

The Hechinger Report

We see colleges and universities as being a critical leverage point for facilitating access to mental health care,” Hansch said. “If There’s often a significant delay in between when mental health symptoms arise and when a person gets access to mental health care.”. READ MORE. “We It’s not as simple as just being there for students.

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OPINION: How can teachers help students grapple with the chaos surrounding us?

The Hechinger Report

What’s less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context. A look at the courses required by teacher preparation programs reveals scant attention to the broad social studies knowledge aspiring elementary teachers need to provide essential context to world events.

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What Can Traditional Higher Ed Learn From Hamburger U?

Edsurge

This conversation took place a few months ago, during the ASU GSV summit in San Diego, during an EdSurge Live interview series we did at the event. Kidwell: Back in 2003, real estate was a crazy market. Listen here, or read highlights below, which have been lightly edited for clarity. By 2006, we had built his online university.

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