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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

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Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006.

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To err is human – and a powerful prelude to learning

The Hechinger Report

Classic studies by psychologists James Stigler of UCLA and the late Harold Stevenson, detailed in their 1994 book The Learning Gap , compared videotaped lessons in eighth-grade math in several countries. The American allergy to errors began to ease with a burst of new studies by cognitive psychologists beginning this century.

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How Making Mistakes Primes Kids To Learn Better

MindShift

Classic studies by psychologists James Stigler of UCLA and the late Harold Stevenson, detailed in their 1994 book The Learning Gap , compared videotaped lessons in eighth-grade math in several countries. . ’ Kushal Patel, teacher, Columbia Secondary School for School for Math, Science and Engineering, New York City.

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

Edsurge

Source: EdSurge Higher Education & Post-Secondary Post-secondary tools altogether saw a notable bump in funding. based provider of an online K-8 math product has been around since 2006, but last year enjoyed a 40 percent increase in district adoption, according to John Rogers, who leads education investments for Rise.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. Never forget: Bill Gates once called constructionism “b t.” ” ). “Hardly anyone,” either way.).