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Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends

EdNews Daily

What’s the balance between investing in the latest trend and following your school’s charter, vision – your North Star? But as new trends crop up year after year, the most important place for educators to start is with the principles that define your district’s or school’s vision. The truth is, it can be a hard balance to strike.

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Summer Learning Happens at Home

Digital Promise

Making those experiences more accessible to and commonplace for all children, the theory goes, can help ensure that low-income kids keep learning at the same rate. Lynch looked at two cohorts of kindergarten-age children, one from 1999 and the other from 2011. Implications for Families and Educators. Additional Resources.

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Helpful Tips to Integrate Media Literacy in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Media Literacy Definitions Media literacy, as Istvan (2011) stated, is an umbrella concept “characterized by a diversity of perspectives and a multitude of definitions” (p. Media literacy also aims to provide students with the ability to create media products.” The skills your students gain will last a lifetime.

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OPINION: The world is changing fast. Students need data science instruction ASAP

The Hechinger Report

Since 2011, national math test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, fell by 17 points for eighth graders and 10 points for fourth graders in data analysis, statistics and probability. We need to reverse this trend, quickly. The coursework should be challenging but accessible — “low floor, high ceiling.”

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

Each year I share my predictions about these trends. This revolution hit the education industry in earnest in 2011, with the launch of the Chromebook to compete with Apple’s iPad. This meant that devices were somewhat affordable and that, potentially, every student could have access to one. Here’s a look at my 2023 predictions.)

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On Blockchain, Money and Empathy: EdSurge Talks Trends and 2018 Predictions

Edsurge

What are the edtech trends to watch this year, and what are the key takeaways from 2017? That’s the second-highest tally since 2011, which is when EdSurge started counting these numbers. A group of EdSurge reporters and editors recently asked readers—and shared a few of their own thoughts—during an EdSurge Live online forum.

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Key Thoughts from 2011 Horizon Report

The 21st Century Principal

To check out an online version of the Horizon Report 2011, see here. An interesting place to start is to look at what the report calls “Key Drivers or Technological Trends” affecting teaching and learning specifically, and education in general. What do these trends mean for education? Educational Technology'

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