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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. As I ponder these changes, I find it both fascinating and essential to articulate the characteristics that now define a modern classroom. The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Subscribe to the Show Anywhere You Listen to Podcasts This week's sponsor Modern Classrooms will help you teach better today!

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Helpful Tips to Integrate Media Literacy in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As for the Ontario Association for Media Literacy (AML) (cited in Duncan, 2005) “Media literacy is concerned with developing an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques. 4 Ways to integrate media literacy in the classroom. Sources: Duncan, B.

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Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Elementary Education

Waterford

In addition, multilingual families need access to resources that help them feel welcome in school and engaged with their student’s teacher. For example, teachers could stock their classroom library with books in their first language or connect multilingual learners with other students who speak the same language. Bialystok, E.,

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

eSchool News

The new program extends the evidence-based classroom success of 95 Percent Group’s K-3 program, a Tier 1 solution for whole class and small group instruction, supporting explicit, structured literacy instruction. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

Edsurge

On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. On April 5, Microsoft announced a partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

Edsurge

This puts physical classrooms in harm’s way, and also threatens students’ academics and mental health, too. In an interview with EdSurge, Weems said that one distinction between 2005 and now is people’s willingness to acknowledge the importance of mental health.

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