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Different Ways to Show Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Research continues to provide further evidence that the conventional wisdom about learning styles should be rejected by educators and students alike (Kirschner, 2017; Husmann & O'Loughlin, 2018; Riener & Willingham, 2010). Willingham, 2010. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 42(5), 32–35. Kirschner, P.

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Richard Byrne’s Most Exciting Edtech Tools

The CoolCatTeacher

In 2010 he was a finalist for ACTEM’s (Association of Computer Teachers and Educators in Maine) educator of the year award. Tech & Learning Magazine named Richard one of their “people to watch” in their 30th Anniversary celebration ([link]. Richard became a Google Certified Teacher in 2009.

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Time's Best Inventions of 2010

SpeechTechie

Time Magazine''s web article on the 50 Best Inventions of 2010 meets both these criteria, as well as being a good opportunity to explore categories (note in the picture that the inventions are organized into categories) and descriptive schema. Kids tend to love gadgets, and things that are "now."

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Handheld Digital Magazines - An Intriguing Concept

EdTechSandyK

Being that it''s almost 2010, it''s somehow appropriate to blog about this really cool concept video that came across my Twitter stream via @levarburton (Yep, of Roots , Reading Rainbow , and Star Trek fame!). It illustrates one possible vision for digital magazines in the near future, presented by our design partners at BERG.

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010, 42(5), pp. ” Australian Journal of Education, April 2010, 54(1), pp. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010, 70(2), pp. Sources : Riener, C. & & Willingham, D. The Myth of Learning Styles. Romanelli, F., and Ryan, M. Willingham, D.T., Hughes, E.M.,

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Summer Learning Loss: A National Dilemma

A Principal's Reflections

In 2010 Time Magazine published an article that clearly articulated The Case Against Summer Vacation. As the summer break quickly approaches in the Northeast I have come across various articles focusing on summer learning loss and the negative impact that time off has on students.

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Microsoft to Use TV White Space to Put Wi-Fi on Rural School Buses

EdTech Magazine

Key to unlocking the potential of TVWS, the FCC in 2010 allowed unlicensed radio transmitters to be in the white space, freeing up the spectrum and opening up opportunities for high-speed internet. TVWS works by delivering broadband internet over unused TV channels, which traditionally serve as buffers between active channels.

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