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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. This digital shift enables students to learn flexibly, from any location, facilitated by the widespread use of video conferencing tools. ” Both critical thinking skills (e,g., link] Martinez, M.

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

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2003 $700,500,000. Department of Education video. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Smartphone Learning

IT Bill

Rather than delivering content primarily in the form of text, the use of video and/or audio formats might prove more mobile-friendly. Smartphones are great for watching short videos or listing to music. Video and audio files (podcasts) can can be easily created using various mobile apps or web-conferencing solutions (e.g.

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

NeverEndingSearch

Time For Kids shares a video News Matters in which 6th graders discuss what they are learning about critical thinking and the news. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus. Hoax-Slayer : Australian Brett Christensen has been debunking email and social media hoaxes and spam since 2003.

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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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