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Are We On Track? Part 2

Doug Levin

I revisited the central prediction of the first edition of Disrupting Class (2008), which was that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet. For those without access to the original text, the Summer 2008 edition (Vol.

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Does the Word ‘Teacher’ Still Describe What Educators Do in the Classroom?

Edsurge

In 2008, Heidi Williams, author of the book “No Fear Coding,” began asking herself some retrospective questions about her role as a teacher at an International Baccalaureate School in Racine, Wisc.

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Strategies and Tools to Improve Student Behavior and Engagement – SULS0175

Shake Up Learning

This led to a thesis on building student community through digital platforms. In 2008, there weren’t too many options for a digital platform to ask students to interact outside class. When a group with lots of different personalities can come together to collaborate and support one another it’s a win in everyone’s book! .

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Digital learning systems now charge students for access codes needed to complete coursework, take quizzes, and turn in homework,” Buzzfeed – which consistently does some of the best education journalism – reports. “In May 2008, as the Great Recession was just beginning, U.S. So unbelievably gross.