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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

Actively look for opportunities to provide feedback through diverse means such as phone calls, paper notes, technology, and face-to-face conversations. 2004), "Making workplace fun more functional", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. Some schools have large-scale team-building events both on and off-site. & Ryan, R.

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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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Why teach digital writing to students in 2022?

eSchool News

And that’s a trap for teachers : How to make a connection between digital and academic writing, given that computer technologies have transformed the meaning of this word? Writing in schools and colleges has nothing in common with digital writings students read online every day. Are writing skills still critical to get in schools?

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IXL to Acquire Australian Digital Instructional Provider, 3P Learning, for $135 Million

Edsurge

based provider of digital K-12 instructional and assessment tools has agreed to acquire Australian education technology company 3P Learning in an all-cash deal worth approximately AU $189 million, or approximately US $135 million. IXL Learning , a San Mateo, Calif.-based The transaction is subject to a shareholder vote. school districts.

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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. The “accent” of a digital immigrant (preferring a printed report rather than one online, for instance) strikes digital natives as odd.[4]. What is a digital native?

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

3] Engaged families report trusting teachers more and understand more clearly the role school plays in their child’s life.[2] With the help of technology you can connect with families from the comfort of their homes. 2004, November). A randomized trial examining the effects of parent engagement on early language and literacy.

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Noodle Acquires ‘Key Assets’ of HotChalk to Expand Online Program Services

Edsurge

Inside Higher Ed reports that talks are underway “about transitioning from the revenue-sharing model it used with HotChalk to more of a fee-for-service model that Noodle favors.” Founded in 2004, HotChalk has raised $235 million in investment capital, most of it from German publisher Bertelsmann.

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