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5 Trends to Watch in 2011

The Electric Educator

Blended Learning is the combination of face to face and online instruction. Media companies are slowly realizing the demand for streaming services and are opening their vaults to services such as Netflix, but at a hefty price. Mobile Devices and applications are quickly becoming the dominant form of connectivity in society.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

In 2007, administrators were frustrated by the district’s poor outcomes and low graduation rate. After unsuccessfully approaching several major internet companies, the district decided to take matters into its own hands. Today, students are even able to access assignments on their mobile devices.

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What a School District Designed for Computational Thinking Looks Like

MindShift

An after-school club of middle school girls assembled and programmed these printers with grant-purchased kits from the Ohio-based education technology company INVENTORCloud. Middle school in South Fayette starts the transition to specific technology skill courses, such as mobile app development. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

But many students live in threadbare mobile homes and modest, low-slung dwellings on the edge of town. Related: Blue-collar town leads Rhode Island’s tech-assisted learning revolution. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. A real plan.”.

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