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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. This could be a historical event, a scientific concept, or a literary analysis.

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Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Elementary Education

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In addition, multilingual families need access to resources that help them feel welcome in school and engaged with their student’s teacher. Engage Families in Their First Language Whenever possible, provide multilingual families with information including student progress updates, upcoming events, and emails in their first language.

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

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You're regressing from an event that happened in 2016,” Davis says, referring to Hurricane Matthew, “and another event is gonna happen within two years, right? 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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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

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The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – revealed the average fourth-grade reading score was lower than all previous assessment years going back to 2005, dropping back to 1992 levels. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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5 Good Websites Like YouTube

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

YouTube first founded in around February 14, 2005 and since then it has grown so exponentially that as of 2021 YouTube boasts 2.24 While some boycott YouTube for their own reasons, a number of people can not access YouTube because of institutional or workplace restrictions. However, not everybody is a fan of YouTube.

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Want to Rethink Education After COVID-19? Creative Solutions Mean Taking More Risks

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In 2005, Hurricane Katrina literally washed away the New Orleans public school system. Organizational change in education is often preceded by an action forcing event. Organizational change in education is often preceded by an action forcing event. Public education will never be the same.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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. These advancements have given rise to the cloud-based classroom, a dynamic and accessible learning environment that epitomizes educational innovation.

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