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14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Today, we’re exploring the concept of self-directed learning strategies. Indeed, once you understand how to foster self-directed learning, it’s like unlocking a whole new world of educational potential. You’ll definitely want to read “What is Self-Directed Learning?” Resnick (Ed.), Morris, T.

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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

This quote is a great reminder that if we can get students curious and motivated to learn, we can set them up for a lifelong love of learning. And as a teacher, you have the power to help them find that passion for learning while they are young. Extrinsic motivation, however, is learning because of external factors.

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Impact funds pour money into ed tech businesses

The Hechinger Report

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Since the term was coined in 2007 , the concept has quickly grown into an enormous $500 billion pot of money, according to one estimate by the Global Impact Investing Network. Choose from our newsletters. Weekly Update. Higher Education. Proof Points. Early Childhood.

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Level Up Your Blog!

The Daring Librarian

In 2007 I did a little bit better with 22 times, but something happened in 2008 (Don''t ask, I really don''t even remember why!) If you''ve started a blog but let it go, please share why - we can all learn from each other! blog blog guilt blogging edublogger gamification level up sue waters web presence' Let your blog go free!

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Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap

The CoolCatTeacher

Great teachers attract their students to today’s topic of learning like a 3-year old boy to a mud puddle. As a teacher in San Diego, California, he was a 2001 and 2012 Golden Apple winner in the Grossmont Union High School District and the 2007-2008 Teacher of the Year at West Hills High School.

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Summer Reading: Promoting Fun!

The Daring Librarian

I did it one year -I think it was 2007 (we all take turns) and it''s a wonderful way that we can show a united front of reading to our kids, patrons, customers, parents, and our community! So we promote it on our TV Show with videos & PSA''s and on our MHMS Learning Wiki. Promoting Reading Fun How do I promote the list?

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Education Technology and the Year of Wishful Thinking

Hack Education

“In time of trouble, I had been trained since childhood, read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. About learning? As I wrote then in response , Whether or not this is science or fiction, let’s consider why “Matrix-style learning” is so compelling. Information was control,” Didion writes.