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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

That’s why teaching digital citizenship has to be part of our roles as educators. Also, many families do have mobile phones with online access, so giving learners tools that are mobile-friendly will support equitable access to instruction. Educators should also teach learners about the public domain and Fair Use.

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Why the Boldest Ideas in Education Come From Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

Part of what I believe to be the truth,” Camelback’s founder and CEO, Aaron Walker tells EdSurge, “is that education is a long-tail game. Hosted at the Kapor Center for Social Impact in Oakland, Calif., Hosted at the Kapor Center for Social Impact in Oakland, Calif., This isn’t how many people downloaded your app. Literator.

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The Real Problem With Multiple-Choice Questions

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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. Uncertainty.

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The End of the Promise of Personalized Learning?

EdNews Daily

Recently, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo)and Senator Ed Markey (D-Ma) drafted some modifications to COPPA that have the potential to create an catastrophic damage in the Ed-Tech industry, particularly for all publishers and schools who use literally anything on the internet in educational ways. Here is the text of the bill: [link]. B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph

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7 Shifts To Create A Classroom Of The Future

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But the truth is, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to educate children in the face of such radical technological and pedagogical progression. In short, the shift from purely academic standards to critical thinking habits supports personalized, 21st century learning through a preceding shift from institution to learner.

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Change The Conversation–It’s Not About The Thinking

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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? Maker education? Use of data. Mandates to be research-based in our behavior.

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13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years

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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. Math, science, social studies, and literacy have been the pillars of modern education for over a century.