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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

Although educational VR content is not yet at an advanced stage, limited mainly to younger learners, and mainly exploratory (think digital field trips to Versailles) in nature, there are encouraging signs that STEM subjects, particularly chemistry and biology, will attract developer attention. How can teachers use VR in the classroom.

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Kelly Educational Staffing® and iteach® Announce Partnership

techlearning

Founded in 2003, iteach offers a unique online coursework format and accreditation for individuals who have a four-year degree. While completing the iteach certification program, individuals will participate in a one-year, two-semester paid residency during which time they are employed full-time as a teacher in their chosen field of study.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

Before the pandemic, the number of Black families homeschooling was rising swiftly, doubling between 2003 and 2018. As numerous studies have shown, Black students are not only more likely to be disciplined , but also more harshly and for lesser offenses, than their white peers. percent, according to Census Bureau data.

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Are science fairs unfair?

The Hechinger Report

For example, students often have to design experiments that involve manipulating a situation in some way, whereas many actual scientists, such as primatologists and astronomers, simply study their subjects over time, looking for patterns in that data. Jane Goodall would not have had her science fair project accepted. It’s distracting.

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Like their students, colleges are vastly increasing the amount they borrow

The Hechinger Report

The annual cost of servicing this accumulated debt more than doubled, from $21 billion in 2003 to $48 billion in 2012, the most recent period for which it has been calculated by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Related: Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment. That’s up from $28.7

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

The masochistic obsession with studying has deep roots. 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. That history is not lost on investors.

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How Harry Potter Has Brought Magic To Classrooms For More Than 20 Years

MindShift

“We burn through Sorcerer’s Stone in about three weeks as a read aloud using the Jim Kay illustrated edition so all our kids have access to the theme and don’t just think we’re crazy,” VanDonge says. The series had a steady presence on this list and even topped it at times, through 2003.