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Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Here is an example I use a lot where I asked people to give me their thoughts on what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) means to them. My reflections on 2010, and my thoughts on 2011. I want to be hip.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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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.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

The learner in an essentialist, instructivist, pedagogical learning environment, given 21st century technologies, and through instruction of the teacher may: Access information via ebooks and websites, but these often lack any type of interactivity or capabilities for the learner to comment, share, or interact with the content. 2010, March).

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Global Education Conference 2017 #globaled17

The CoolCatTeacher

The first year was 2010. For me, it’s a deep passion belief in the value of and the importance of global in our own personal learning. She also has worked at the University of Chicago’s Urban Education Institute and the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education. It started eight years ago. Vicki: Steve?

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Distraction 2 Reaction: BYOT (BYOD) Success!

EdTechSandyK

Challenges Current tech practices in schools do not support the demand for personalized learning. Many activities related to learning and education take place outside walls of classroom. Mobile devices are predicted by 2011 Horizon report to be in mainstream in one year or less. have a mobile phone. Equity issues.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School. In 2010, Gist’s department was awarded $75 million through an Obama administration Race to the Top grant to implement her reforms. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment with blended learning.