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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Student-Centered Learning The 21st century classroom is a student-centered learning hub. In these classrooms, ” students regularly communicate, collaborate, self-reflect, problem solve,and peer-evaluate about their learning” (Hansen & Imse, 2016, p. ” Both critical thinking skills (e,g.,

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

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You are given the choice between sending your child to the crumbling building of an underfunded public high school where she has limited options of AP, math and foreign language classes to choose from, all delivered to a group of 20-30 students at a time, strictly according to schedule, five days per week.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Asian-American Groups Accuse Brown , Dartmouth , and Yale of Bias in Admissions.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. From Course Report : “the 2016 Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study.” “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Real Clear Education : “Connecting Schools to the Future: Rethinking E-Rate.” ” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. “Call for Diversity in Ed Tech Design” by Jade E. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.