Remove 2010 Remove 2013 Remove E-rate Remove Elementary
article thumbnail

A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

Pediatrics, February 2013, 131(2), pp. Pediatrics, November 2013, 132, pp. The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students. Effects of a brief mindfulness meditation intervention on student stress and heart rate variability. Monitor, January 2010, 41(1), pp. Stempel, H.,

Classroom 239
article thumbnail

Five Learning Strategies that Work

Digital Promise

Whereas a Google search for “learning techniques” returns over 400 million results, researchers Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Mitchell, and Willingham (2013) culled through hundreds of studies to provide a “curated” analysis of the 10 most effective learning techniques commonly used by students. Dunlosky et al.

Strategy 120
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2010 $100,000,000. FY 2013 $0. FY 2014 $0.

Policies 150
article thumbnail

Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders. On the other had, a smaller number of elementary students see Wikipedia as a starting point to discover additional content. Look for editorial ratings. Note the binary approach. Look for text revisions.

E-rate 111
article thumbnail

“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

Almost 14 million devices were shipped to schools last year, up from 3 million in 2010, according to the market research firm Futuresource Consulting. To win the 2013 contract from the Maine Learning Technology Initiative, Apple had to meet a long list of needs relating to software as well as hardware. classrooms.

iPad 81
article thumbnail

The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

E-rate 49
article thumbnail

Cramming for Kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

When they arrived, many of the soon-to-be kindergarteners in Miami Elementary School’s summer preschool program could not spell their names or grip a pencil. 1, one week before the start of school, the Miami Elementary students were walking in a single-file line to the cafeteria, writing their names, counting to 100 and reciting the alphabet.

E-rate 65