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Shifting Paradigms

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

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The ‘Enrichment Gap’ Is Widening. Students’ Social-Emotional Development Is at Risk.

Edsurge

Wealthy families’ annual per-child expenditures on enrichment activities nearly tripled between 1972 and 2006 (from $3,536 to $8,872) while low-income families remained stagnant at around $1,000. Especially notable is a gap in enrichment investments that dwarfs other inequities.

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Sir Ken Robinson: A Brief In Memoriam [guest post]

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like most of you that knew Sir Ken Robinson’s impact on education, I first learned about him through his wildly popular TED Talk in 2006. And, research has shown economic mobility, achieving higher standards of living than your parents, has declined as inequality in America continues to grow.

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Why combining assessments and LMS technology is essential

eSchool News

While this may make some educators cringe, the reality is that test-enhanced learning, or testing as an aid to learning, has evidence of effectiveness dating back nearly 100 years ( Roediger III, McDaniel, & McDermott, 2006 ). Fill-in-the-Blank Questions.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Rationale: “ The Congress eliminated much of the program in 2006; the request would complete the process. FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). FY 2005 $496,000,000 (President Bush’s request: $691,800,000).

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030), you are likely to be a person who is loyal, loves to snuggle, is attentive to details, and loves company. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ). If you were born in the Rooster year (e.,

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Educators can no longer ignore the TPACK framework

Neo LMS

Koehler, who co-authored a paper in 2006 and another one in 2008 , referring to the above core idea with these exact words. Back then, the PC was a rarity, the mobile phone was humongous and the Internet was in its infancy. The TPACK framework is being credited to P. Mishra and M. But that was in ‘86, when Shulman advanced his idea.

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