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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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7 Shifts To Create A Classroom Of The Future

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Digital literacy is a trend that involves the consumption, comprehension, and curation of digital media. This is directly tied to research literacy, as both digital and digitized data sources serve as primary research resources. Shift From Standards To Habits. twitter, Google+, facebook). Connectivism. Transparency.

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Change The Conversation–It’s Not About The Thinking

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Content-based academic standards. Use of data. Social media in the classroom. Let’s pretend for a moment that we will eventually be able to design a system of teaching and learning where every single student will be able to master every single academic standard their local government has set out for them.