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The Role of Place in Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

The physical and virtual environments where learning takes place play a pivotal role in shaping the effectiveness and depth of personalized learning strategies. It is not merely a backdrop but an active participant in the learning journey. 2013; Hattie, 2012; Tanner & Lackney, 2006).

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Empowerment Through Choice

A Principal's Reflections

The underlying idea in this approach is that choice gives employees a sense of personal control, which can enhance their intrinsic motivation towards their work, resulting in higher morale, creativity and innovation, better performance, more significant organizational commitment, and lower turnover (Chua and Iyengar, 2006).

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

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education to Acquire DreamBox Learning? 

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced it has agreed to acquire DreamBox Learning® , a PK-12 education technology provider serving more than 6 million students and 600,000 educators nationwide.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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IXL Learning Acquires Teachers Pay Teachers, the World’s Largest Platform for Educator-Created Content

eSchool News

SAN MATEO, California and NEW YORK, New York — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, announced that it has acquired TPT (otherwise known as Teachers Pay Teachers), which offers the world’s largest catalog of educator-created content and tools for digital instruction.

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6 Practical Blended Learning Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It aims to provide a more integrated learning experience, leveraging both face-to-face teacher guidance and the flexibility of online resources. Blended Learning Examples Here are five examples of blended learning I uncovered from the research literature in this field: 1. Moore et al.’s link] Moore, G.