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Powerful Learning is Personal and Accessible

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. Every student has a unique and “jagged” learning profile. Take Action.

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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

Technology has done more to change school curriculum and practices than nearly anything else—and in such a short amount of time! While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. 1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Not yet convinced?

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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

EdTech Magazine

But what exactly is a competency-based education system, and what role does technology play in the design and support of this system? Classroom Technology Strengthens Competency-Based Assessment. Technology can also play a critical part in the feedback loop. As personalized learning continues to gain momentum across the U.S.,

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The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books

Edsurge

So remind us what Google did back around 2004. They also brought some technology, they engineered some new ways to do book scanning faster and more effectively. So the way that folks discovered books was really different. You browsed a card catalog or you went to a bookstore, or you browsed the stacks. And then along came Google.

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

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. Hillary Scharton writes that children aren’t born knowing technology, and that the belief that digital natives excel at multitasking can be detrimental to their learning.