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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

Edsurge

For Ryan Baker, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center of Learning Analytics, there is one thing in particular he’d like school leaders to keep in mind: providing better tech support for students and families. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.”

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How to take a student-centered approach to classroom AV

eSchool News

Schools are increasingly moving toward personalized and adaptive learning programs. Technology plays a leading role in making personalized learning possible. For example, many schools have adopted one-to-one initiatives in which each student receives a tablet or laptop for educational use. Essential AV elements.

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

Adorable animal characters will guide children through lessons, and the adaptive learning path will customize their experience to help them master skills. Educators often use Khan Academy Kids as part of daily station rotation, to supplement what students are learning in class or to allow them to learn new topics independently.

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How to study at home: Top mental strategies

Brainscape

What sets Brainscape apart from any other study app is that its adaptive learning algorithm leverages decades of cognitive science research. And through the cognitive principles of spaced repetition , active recall , and metacognition , it can help you learn anything TWICE as efficiently as traditional study methods.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. One Laptop Per Child. WTF is Unizin ?!

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How to pass the WSET Diploma D3 exam on the Wines of the World

Brainscape

Plus, we’ve formatted them for optimal learning. Then, combined with our adaptive learning algorithm, which leverages decades of cognitive science research , you’ll be able to learn the facts 2-5 times FASTER.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.