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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

Students can also choose from two additional exercise-focused electives — dance and personal fitness — which for some students can mean a 40-minute exercise period every day. Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need.

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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

Despite the good intentions of targeted policies and increased attention to equity and accessibility initiatives, the achievement gap persists 2. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. Personalizing Student and Educator Learning through Micro-Credentials.”Digital 6, 2016, pp.

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

To date, these statistics are: 140 million+ lessons delivered, 500 million+ exercises done, and 6+ million unique visits per month. He officially started Khan Academy in 2009 knowing that quality videos would withstand test of time. Khan Academy merely provides the content.

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Getting started with AR and VR: Defining Terms

EdTechTeam

Accessed 6 Sep. Accessed 6 Sep. Accessed 6 Sep. How do we interact with VR and AR experiences? Within these definitions, we can come to the conclusion that these are two different mediums for learning. Google Earth Education Expert. www.micahshippee.com. [1] ” 22 Mar. 2017, [link]. Learn more at a Summit near you!

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Renaissance Learning Acquires Schoolzilla to Marry Assessment and School Data

Edsurge

Schoolzilla’s life began in 2009 as a project within Aspire Public Schools, a charter network with schools across California and in Memphis. The company said afterward that it found no evidence that any information was improperly accessed. Brekhus says Schoolzilla will gain access to his 180 sellers worldwide, 155 of them in the U.S.,

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Inside a college counseling center struggling with the student mental health crisis

The Hechinger Report

On college campuses nationwide, the number of students seeking services increased by an average of 30 percent between 2009 and 2015 — more than five times the average rate of enrollment growth — and has continued to climb since then. Access to health care is not equitable in this country. Credit: Mike Rundle for The Hechinger Report.

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Can You Say Unicorn? Duolingo Raises $30 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation

Edsurge

The language exercises include a mix of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, along with digital flashcards and oral speaking practice. He turned that research into a company which was acquired by Google in 2009. Coursera, which also offers access to online higher-ed courses, secured $103 million in April.