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What Educators Need to Know about Generation Alpha

Edsurge

The guest, Allison Russell, was talking about the emotional intelligence of young people and mentioned that she’d just learned that her daughter was part of Generation Alpha , which refers to people born after 2010. I had questions and I wanted to know more. From their earliest years, he says, “they have been screenagers.”

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Big Jump in Use of Games, Videos in K-12 Schools, Survey Finds

Marketplace K-12

The number of American teachers using games in classrooms–particularly with younger students–has doubled over the past six years, according to a large survey released last week that measures national ed-tech use. T he 2015 Speak Up survey findings are the latest in a series of reports released each year by the Irvine, Calif.

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Homework: Good or Bad? Here Is What Research Says

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

. - Homework can drive students to develop negative attitudes towards school and learning. Assigned homework prevents students from engaging in self-directed and independent learning. Homework can interfere with students' engagement in social activities including sports and community involvement. Dettmers, S.,

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

Doug Levin

FY 2010 $100,000,000. Rationale for Obama administration FY 2010 program funding reduction : “ The proposed reduction of $169.9 Rationale for Obama administration FY 2010 program funding reduction : “ The proposed reduction of $169.9 FY 2015 $0. FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s the invisible thread that weaves together student engagement, academic success, and the overall harmony of the classroom environment. Salient Classroom Management Skills: Finding the Most Effective Skills to Increase Student Engagement and Decrease Disruptions. Gage, Ph.D., and Ashley S. MacSuga-Gage, Ph.D.,

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

It's a survey of K-12 students, parents, and educators. In 2015, more than 90% of district administrators said instructional tech is important to achieving their core mission of educating students. Principals at blended learning schools agree digital content increases student engagement. Parents echoed this view.

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How K–12 Schools Can Use Technology to Combat Absenteeism

EdTech Magazine

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 That means 1 in 7 students missed 15 or more days of school. Of those students, an estimated 1 in 10 kindergarten and first grade students were chronically absent. “A