Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. Let's call the whole thing off! Some offered multiple-choice questions, for instance, that simply asked kids to pick the correct pronunciation—hardly a useful exercise.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 24, 2016

particularly supporting the use of a combined rehearsal and visualization strategy for following directions (Gill, Klecan-Aker, Roberts, & Fredenburg, 2003) and have been using these strategies in therapy. I encountered a review of research on this by Nicole Allison (great summary, Nicole!) doi:10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0059 Gill, C.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

Late last month, as Apple revealed its new education-focused iPad to the nation, it coupled its offerings with a battery-powered stylus, called the Apple Pencil, which costs an additional $89 each for schools. His district has been using them since 2003 with all 5th through 12th grade students.

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Matt Akin was a visionary early adopter of classroom technology when he deployed iPads throughout his district in 2003, long before edtech was the norm. Hagstrom has exemplified the true meaning of grit and shown our team that no challenge is too great when student learning is on the line. Piedmont, Alabama.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school. We've come a long way baby!

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 14, 2012

Resources exist for Office versions back to 2003. Digital Discoveries from El Paso ISD [link] Tim Holt, Instructional Technology Director of El Paso ISD, presents short video segments on all sorts of educational technology, from using iPads in unique ways to using web tools with your students to directing your own professional development.

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Learning With Lucie

JUNE 7, 2015

Remember that this was in 2003, several years before iPads and other tablet computing had been invented). For example, our schools have invested in thousands of dollars of computer stations (iPads, Chromebooks, laptops) so they could fulfill the requirements of administering computerized high stakes testing.

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Brainscape

MAY 18, 2022

BarMax says it’s free but you know how these “free” apps roll: some of their content is free but the good and important stuff is behind a paywall that’ll set you back up a couple of hundred for the question banks or a couple of thousand for the comprehensive bar prep courses.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

David Demming, an economist, updated the work of Levy and Murnane from 2003, shows that those jobs that require social skills and non-routine analytical thinking are increasing while routine ones are decreasing. It can’t be a trivial goal like “we’re going to make everyone turn on their iPad.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

ohnson, a Little Rock native, came to the Arkansas side of the Delta in 2003 with Teach For America. Their classmates did math on iPads under clouds that were painted on the wall decades ago. She knew that she could find a way for them in the local district if she had to. She’s the best teacher,” kindergartener Raniya Berry said. “We

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking , which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their daughter had fallen into septic shock and been placed an induced coma. Take iPads , for example. This is part one of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. Fads fade, of course. Hype wanes.

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