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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. During my teaching career, I’ve observed that when students are given the autonomy to explore subjects that they are passionate about, their engagement and retention rates soar. link] Martinez, M.

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America’s colleges struggle to envision the future of diversity on campus

The Hechinger Report

Angel Carter, a senior at Tulane University, leads the Green Wave Ambassadors, the tour guide group for the admissions office. It just feels like we are in some kind of storm,” said Joyce E. Krislov was vice president and general counsel at the University of Michigan in 2003 when the Supreme Court ruled in Gratz v.

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Smartphone Learning

IT Bill

Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. GroupMe ), messaging, engaging in group discussions, as well as sharing news, scholarly articles, video, etc. ANDERSON, T (2003). By sharing or attaching photos, screenshots, video or audio files, learners can create authentic artifacts. References: Brooks, D.C.

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Many Hispanic students never have a teacher who looks like them

The Hechinger Report

students in kindergarten through 12th grade that is Hispanic increased from 19 to 25 percent between 2003 and 2013, while the black non-Hispanic population dropped from 17 to 16 percent and the white non-Hispanic population fell from 59 to 50 percent. Her mother, who works in the kitchen at a Chuck E. population as a whole by 2060.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

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Truth, truthiness, triangulation and the librarian way: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

NeverEndingSearch

Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus. PolitiFact.com: a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics, run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times. Stanford History Education Group. Stebbins, Leslie F.

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How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision

The Hechinger Report

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. But by 2003, the damage had already been done.

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