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College Students Are Spending Less On Course Materials—And More On Tech

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And it’s part of a steady decline in spending on course materials since the 2007-08 school year, when students were coughing up $701 on course materials. This year’s spending on textbooks and other course materials represents a 26 percent fall from the previous year, when students spent $456, or $53 per course. What’s driving the decline?

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources (9-10 grade Reading Standards–History–2) .

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

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For example, most teachers understand that having a culturally responsive classroom is important but lack strategies to implement it.[14] As an example, non-white students are disproportionately assigned to special education classes, in part because teachers do not understand their differing cultural values or background.[3].

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

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If a student might work more efficiently in a quieter learning environment, for example, you could allow them to complete a project in the school library. Guidelines to assist the implementation of differentiated learning activities in South African secondary schools. Examples of How to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom.

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We Wondered If NFTs Could Change Education, So We Decided to Sell This Article on the Blockchain

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To explain what’s different about NFTs, she pointed to a recent example of a viral YouTube video that fetched a huge price. Specifically, the 2007 video known as Charlie Bit My Finger , which has been viewed more than 885 million times, sold as an NFT for more than $760,000.

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On ZTC, OER, and a More Expansive View

Iterating Toward Openness

For the first decade of the modern open education movement (1998 – 2007), the distinguishing feature of our work – the thing we cared most about and talked most about – was the open licensing we applied to educational materials. This choice rotated licensing into a secondary priority.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

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Last updated in 2007, the international standards body has defined a data model for describing, referencing, and sharing competency definitions, primarily in the context of online and distributed learning. For example, a K-12 state education agency could use tools based on the CEDS and IMS CASE data standards for academic standards.

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