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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers.

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Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators – SULS0160

Shake Up Learning

Currently, Monica serves four elementary schools in her district. Providing whole class instruction, small groups, assign differentiated instruction, collaborative work, or individual practice. Educators want their students to be less a consumer of knowledge and more a creator of learning. Monica holds a Ph.D.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. When it comes to their children’s education, parents are like drug-sniffing dogs. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato.

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Best Learning Websites of 2015

Graphite Blog

Here's our list of 2015's most wow-worthy websites and web-based edtech tools: A.D.A.M. Dedicated tools just for education help teachers and students harness the site's best features in a smaller, safer space. These powerful, inquiry-based science units capitalize on elementary kids’ natural curiosity.

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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

Edsurge

As educators, we always encourage our students to work together; we promise them two heads are better than one. Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. We realized combining classes could help us integrate science and math standards, while team-teaching would allow us to differentiate instruction.

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Top 50 Sites/Apps of 2015

Technology Tidbits

Mobile App Top 50 Sites/Apps of 2015 * Seesaw - Excellent free mobile app (Android/iOS) for students creating digital portfolio w/ educational portal. Help Teaching - A very nice site for educational resources, printables, assessments, and more. Xtranormal) by typing a script.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Edsurge

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. In less than two years, between 2015 and 2017, the district paid more than $4.5 But for others, the teacher is still central to the picture, using technology as a means to support differentiated instruction.