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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For instance, a study by Louis and Marks reveals that schools with strong professional communities not only enhance student achievement and classroom organization but also lead to greater student engagement and reduced learning disparities. Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., doi: 10.1187/cbe.19-01-0021.

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Report: Teens feel ‘addicted’ to mobile devices

eSchool News

A new report reveals that half of teenagers said mobile device addiction impacts their daily lives. Half of teenagers surveyed in a new poll said they “feel addicted” to their mobile devices, and 59 percent of parents participating in the survey said they agree their children are addicted.

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Here Are the 10 Michelson Runway Startups Vying For Future Funders

Edsurge

Founded in 2009, the company gathers and shares data from student transcripts and uses predictive modeling to “correlate this transcript data to future performance,” the company describes. Gooroo is aiming to close a $1 million round by June 30, 2018. MEASUREONE : Should good grades boost your chances of getting a loan?

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

Hack Education

The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative have released the latest NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education. I have written quite a bit about the problems (as I see them) with the Horizon Report, most recently in a talk I gave last fall at VCU: “ The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release.”

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Key Digital Skills for 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Richard Riley, Secretary of Education under Clinton, quoted in Trilling & Fadel, 2009, p. And yes there several tools and platforms that allow you to create game-base quizzes and assessments and track students performance through analytic reports. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist.