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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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DISCOVERY EDUCATION AND MCREL INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON STRATEGIES ( www.discoveryeducation.com ) & ( www.mcrel.org ) Discovery Education announced it has aligned its popular Spotlight on Strategies content to McREL International’s six-phase model for learning. The application is free to download from the App Store or Google Play.

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WHAT’S NEW

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Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. Wonder Workshop ( www.makewonder.com ) previewed a middle school solution that brings coding and applied robotics into the classroom.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Reader, they were not. But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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