A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 25, 2018

My unexpected journey began with a decision to give Twitter a try in 2009. To this day I still remember sitting in a district administrator meeting in November 2009 when my secretary called to tell me that CBS New York City wanted to come to the high school and feature how we were using Twitter in the classroom to support learning.

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Social Media Twitter Outcomes Secondary 192

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

average math literacy score fell 18 points below the 2009 average and 12 points below the 2012 average. We’re losing ground — a troubling prospect when, in today’s knowledge-based economy, the best jobs can go anywhere in the world,” Education Secretary John B. Still, even in top-performing states the competition can be stiff.

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Assessment Trends Study Outcomes 60

edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

Dr. Smith recommends using the community and its knowledge base to obtain information, anticipate issues, and develop solutions. In 2009, Tom was appointed by the US Secretary of Education to the National Assessment Governing Board. He was elected Idaho State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2006 and served two terms.

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Online Learning Student Data Privacy Learning Data 54

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

Four years ago, in 2009, I wrote a book called “ 21st Century Skills ” — the moniker is now used around the world, but initially people were unclear that it meant the 4C’s of Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication and Collaboration. First there is knowledge — which still matters of course! What needs to change?

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Robotics Common Core STEM Knowledge Base 40

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

I see it as imperative for both genders to thrive, not just survive, in the global, knowledge-based, information/technology-driven world they’ll live and work in together as adults. People often question me on why I’m not advocating for girls and empowering them instead. But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game.

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Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

College of Computing Professor Ashok Goel and his team used the 40,000 some odd questions that students had asked in previous versions of the course to build out Jill’s knowledge-base. In 2009, Techcrunch named the laptop one of the biggest flops of that decade.) And here it is again, still flopping in this one.

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