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Powerful Learning is Authentic and Challenging

Digital Promise

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Want to know more about Powerful Learning? Learning in (pp.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

See a short video of the findings and the Speak Up 2014 Snapshots for Educators blog post. One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003]. Learn more via [link] speakup/. Since 2003, more than 3.7

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Students Today Are Learning All The Time. Can Schools Keep Up?

Edsurge

We ask questions that have to do with digital learning, but we also ask questions about school climate. The students’ experience on YouTube is now driving them to think about the skills that they're learning, whether they are creating videos, posting comments or running a business. The parents told us that their No.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. Department of Education video. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). Dear Colleague Letter: Resource Comparability , which emphases technology-related equity issues (October 2014).

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Four tips for teaching in uncertain times

Hapara

Put everything related to your class in your digital hub, including: Instructions for digital learning activities. Instructions for non-digital activities. Digital learning hubs also benefit teachers because you can schedule assignments and plan for substitute teachers. Virtual meeting links .

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Technology Alone is not a Silver Bullet for School Improvement.

EdTechSandyK

I have been here since 2003 and I am "digital native" but I have taught here both before and after the laptops. I would encourage to watch some video of our teachers in action as we were recently profiled at Digital Learning Day. You can find those videos here: [link]. I am a teacher in MGSD.

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

edWeb.net

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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