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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. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. link] Martell, C.

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What Are the Best Books about the History of Education Technology?

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Bob Johnstone, Never Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning (2003). Brian Dear, The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture (2017). Bill Ferster, Teaching Machines (2014). David Noble, Digital Diploma Mills (2001).

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Why Do Some Schools Get Better Quickly and Others Get Stuck?

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Justin Reich: When I was a high school history teacher, I was relatively early in the United States to have a classroom that was one-to-one with wireless laptops with the internet. We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now.

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With the Help of Google and SF Muni, A Bus Sets Off to Serve City's High School Dropouts

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The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. He says Five Keys has developed over 200 units to be delivered to students regardless of skill level, which are optimized for independent study and don’t rely on internet (though the bus will be kitted out with wi-fi and laptops).

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How to Transform Teaching with Tablets – From Tom Daccord & Justin Reich

EdTechTeacher

Over the past century, radio, television, video cassette recorders, desktop computers, laptop computers, handheld devices, tablets, and cell phones have all been heralded as potentially transformative classroom tools (Cuban, 1986, 2003).

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Can You Be a ‘Good Teacher’ Inside a Failing School?

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Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Despite a relatively new building, constructed in 2003 as part of a former superintendent’s turnaround project, Fisher has suffered from consistent low performance—falling far below state standards on exams and adjusted growth targets designed specifically for the school. Fisher Magnet Upper Academy.

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Humanizing technology

Learning With Lucie

I remember getting all excited when I saw the first laptop whose display swiveled and laid flat, and knew I had to have it as my next laptop. And although I did not use those words -- the fact that it humanized the technology was part of the reason I was excited about this form factor in a laptop. Albans City School.