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MARCH 1, 2015

While it has been derided by educators for decades as incapable of truly measuring understanding, and while performance on such exams can be noticeably improved simply by learning a few tricks, the multiple choice question may have a larger, less obvious flaw that disrupts the tone of learning itself. by Terry Heick.

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MAY 21, 2015

Tomorrow’s Learning Today: 7 Shifts To Create A Classroom Of The Future. This is stuff that’s available not tomorrow with ten grand in classroom funding and 12 hours of summer PD, but today. The good news is, many of the elements of a progressive learning environment—e.g., by Terry Heick. (Ed Connectivism.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Insanity In Education: 52 Mistakes We Make Over And Over Again. The context for this one is simple enough–what mistakes do we constantly make in education that hold us back from the best versions of ourselves? Seem to ignore that mobile learning is central to education’s future. by Terry Heick.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Content-based academic standards. Mobile learning. Social media in the classroom. In education, these might be redressed as: What has standardizing content into a narrow range of content areas done to learning? Use of data. Mandates to be research-based in our behavior. Differentiation.

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JUNE 22, 2015

One of the most significant challenges facing formal education in the United States is the chasm separating schools and communities. So, in pursuit of that transparency, below are some questions parents ideally would be asking you to better clarify what’s happening in the classroom. What learning models do you use (e.g.,

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OCTOBER 18, 2015

13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years. Ed note: 2 Pieces for Context– 30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education by 2028 and Curriculum is More Important Than Learning Technology. The focus of that piece was technology, and how it might impact the way students learn in the coming decades.

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