Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2014

To the Citizens of British Columbia, Canada, How important is a good, free, public education system to you and to our society? How much should a collective ‘WE’ spend on creating the best possible public education for ALL of our children? Catalogue-no-81-595-M-No-099-Statistics-Canada ).

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Differentiated instruction is an educational strategy in which teachers adapt their instruction to meet the needs of their class. In a survey from the International Journal of Education, 97% of teachers reported never or seldom using a flexible curriculum for their students.[2] International Education Journal, 2006, 7(7), pp.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Started in 2006, it aims to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention around the world and is supported by hundreds of schools, corporations, and celebrities. National Center for Educational Statistics, 2015 ). Petrosina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, and Hanson, 2010 ). Davis and Nixon, 2010 ). Sadly: 14.8%

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 12, 2023

1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022) are associated with these attributes: courage, ambition, enthusiasm, generosity, self-confidence, commitment to help others, altruism, sociability, and audacity. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural ASU GSV back in 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A survey of educators found that the majority lack enough information and classroom management strategies for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and that they don’t feel capable to help them.[2] What Educators Need to Know. Journal of Health Economics, September 2010, 29(5), pp. Is ADHD a Disability?

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 23, 2021

This article features contributions from MIND's Education Research Director Martin Buschkuehl. A 2009 Vanderbilt University review in the Journal of Educational Psychology looked at over 50 years of longitudinal research on spatial ability , and concluded that “spatial ability plays a critical role in developing expertise in STEM.”

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 25, 2016

Anxiety disorders are some of the most common disorders to affect children (McLoone, Hudson, & Rapee, 2006). In addition, there is a high degree of comorbidity with anxiety, meaning the diagnosis of other disorders, such as ADHD in conjunction with an anxiety disorder (McLoone, Hudson, & Rapee, 2006, p.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Last year it launched, Mika, a math offering for the higher education market. Globaloria had been incubated at the World Wide Workshop , a nonprofit incubator she founded, since 2006, and supported by roughly $8 million from grants, she shares. It’s not like 2005 or 2010, when many were skeptics.”

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 27, 2012

One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. and Kervin, L.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The education research and cognitive science fields are no different. recommend educators provide ways for students to re-test frequently on their own and in class. Educators should consider leaving days or weeks between tests, rather than repeat testing on the same day. Dunlosky et al. Elaborative Interrogation.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than two decades, Jonathan Grayer has made a career out of welding educational companies. The former Kaplan executive, who served as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, oversaw 67 acquisitions that turned the test-prep business into a global education services provider. But expect more deals to come.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

But in 2006, he gained recognition for something that no other TED speaker in history has done. Well, it’s been ten years, and with the recent proliferation of terms like “personalized,” “mastery-based,” and “blended” in the education world, some of Robinson’s viewers may wonder if or how his take on schools has changed.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. But that’s not happening quickly enough to offset the staggering cost of higher education. Subscribe today!

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TeacherCast

JULY 11, 2015

Educational Resources. Tammy has presented for CTA Good Teaching North (2014), Cap CUE (2014), all three California Subject Matters Project Conferences, Capitol Area Science Education Leaders, and several San Joaquin County Office of Education events. Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows.

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The Electric Educator

MAY 9, 2011

Rice 2006). While this is encouraging, it is also clear that not every student is destined to be successful in an online learning environment: “The undeniable fact is that some students succeed in the virtual educational environment and some fail just as they do in traditional classroom environments. 2006): 425-448. 29 Apr 2011.

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MindShift

MAY 25, 2019

.” People without a strong life purpose were more than twice as likely to die between the study years of 2006 and 2010, compared with those who had one. This association between a low level of purpose in life and death remained true despite how rich or poor participants were, and regardless of gender, race, or education level.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 16, 2017

Dr. Catherine Snow and Diane Beals offer some useful suggestions (2006) about mealtime talk that supports literacy development. As educators, we understand that literacy does not live in one place. Offering parents simple conversation structures such as ‘ Strive for 5 ’ (Weitzman & Greenberg, 2010, p. Explore your place.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? I admire her so much so we are doing a multi part series with her. There were several of us.

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The Electric Educator

MAY 11, 2011

Fride (2001 in Rice 2006) discovered that the amount of engagement by the adult supervisor seemed to influence the amount of and quality of participation by students. Closely associated with mentor support is the importance of parental support (Rice 2006). A Comprehensive Look at Distance Education in the K-12 context."

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The Electric Educator

MAY 12, 2011

Rice (2006) indicates that “younger students need to be provided guidance in developing characteristics of successful distance students.” As Rice (2006) concludes, the effectiveness of distance education appears to have more to do with who is teaching, who is learning, and how that learning is accomplished and less to do with the medium.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Join me Tuesday, December 7th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Kieran Egan , director of the Imaginative Education Research Group. Dr. Egan''s work focuses on a new educational theory and its implications for a changed curriculum, teaching practices, and the institution of the school. Log in at [link].

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Sure, there’s the value of a new educational institution where students can take classes and graduate with their diplomas, but why wait years for that spanking new building to pay off? There is a high correlation between educational attainment and family income. Higher Education. Schools matter, but so does having a job.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 27, 2012

One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. and Kervin, L.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Many education websites are as useful to me as an ashtray on a motorcycle; I’ll tell you what is useful — your blogs. In 2010, on the post, Sojourner Truth , I wrote. Besides the amazing, noble educators that we love and lose, this learning journey is so fun and joyful. Keep being amazing educators.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

education grant offering free credits for its cloud platform, with no credit card required, unlimited access to its suite of tools and training resources. Microsoft’s cloud service, Azure, doesn’t fall too far behind, having launched in 2010 and doing business with GE Healthcare and DocuSign. Google in June announced an.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2015

About the Author Kate Messner is an award-winning author whose books for kids have been New York Times Notable, Junior Library Guild, Indie Bound, and Bank Street College of Education Best Books selections. was the winner of the 2010 E.B. Kate also spent 15 years teaching middle school and earned National Board certification in 2006.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 29, 2015

The first post was Shifting From Pedagogy to Heutagogy In Education. The science of learning, discovering how people learn, as opposed to the philosophy of learning and education that goes back to Egyptian times, can be sheeted back to around the tenth-century. 1962) and this finding is used in a number of educational contexts.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Date : Thursday, December 9th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. She is a frequent national conference speaker and has played an important role in charting the course of virtual K-12 education. Log in at [link].

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MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

We also learned—and have experienced in our careers as mathematics educators and researchers—that spatial reasoning is a curiously unacknowledged and neglected area of the curriculum. Below we offer our Top Five reasons why, as educators, we should care about spatial thinking when we plan, observe, and assess mathematics in our classrooms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 21, 2011

9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 MP3 [link] Sir Ken Robinson , PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million people in over 150 countries.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 29, 2011

My name is Sandy Kendell and I am a career educator. I have a master’s degree in Educational Technology Leadership and 18 years of experience in K-12 public education, including 8 years in the classroom, 6 years as a campus-level technology facilitator, and 4 years as a district-level instructional technology specialist in Georgetown ISD.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Date : Thursday, October 14th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Event and Recording Page : [link] Kathleen Cushman is an educator and journalist who has specialized in the lives and learning of youth for over two decades.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

Join me Thursday, June 2nd, for a live and interactive Future of Education with Cal Newport, author of How to Be a High School Superstar: A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out). His third book, How to Be a High School Superstar , was published in 2010.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2020

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Garcia-Febo holds a BA in Business Education and MLS from the University of Puerto Rico. She was born, raised and educated in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Please also join the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 23, 2011

Join me Tuesday, July 26th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Kieran Egan , director of the Imaginative Education Research Group. Dr. Egan''s work focuses on a new educational theory and its implications for a changed curriculum, teaching practices, and the institution of the school. Log in at [link].

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